David Lurie is a middle-aged lecturer in Romantic literature in Cape Town.   After two failed marriages he develops a relationship with one of his young students.   He is forced to leave in disgrace, and goes to stay with daughter Lucy, on a small-holding, helping with the sick animals and farm life.  They are victims of a violent attack, where Lucy is raped - and later accepts her pregnancy "like a dog".   Excellent character study and opportunity to examine moral and social issues.   A superbly well written study of moral violation.