Literary Criticism: The Sacred And Profane Love Machine

The Sacred and Profane is set in London in contemporary times. The main characters are Blaise Gavender, he is a psychotherapist who loves two women, his wife Harriett and his mistress Emily.

Harriet Gavender loves his husband Blaise, she is unaware of the betrayal of her husband.

Emily McHugh is the mistress of Blaise, she is an egoist and Harriet bitter's enemy.

Luca McHugh is the son of Emily and Blaise-

David Gavender is Blaise and Harriett's son

Montague Small is a friend of Blaise, he is a novelist, he tells both how to behave in a period of deep crises.

He will say to Harriet that her suffering will improve the love with Blaise, who is incapable of choosing who to love.

Sophie Small was the wife of Monty, she still affects him deeply.

Edgar Demanray is a friend of Monty he will try to help both in the unfolding events.

The plot is very simple, but not the consequences of the main characters, each action has a consequence that implies that they aren't completely free.

The most interesting character is Harriet.

"Harriet had been impressed by the fact that she could meet her husband's mistress without any approach to jealous fury."