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John Fowles was born March 31, 1926 in Leigh-on-Sea, a small town in Essex, near London. He attended Bedford School and Oxford University, where he studied French. He then taught in France and Greece before becoming a full time novelist. He has also written The Aristos, a collection of aphorisms. He now lives in Lyme Regis, Dorset.1 Bibliography
- ( 1963) The Collector
- ( 1964) The Aristos (BooksEnthsiast.com)
- ( 1965) The Magus (revised in 1979)
- ( 1969) The French Lieutenant's WomanThe French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 novel by John Fowles. The plot concerns the love affair between a Victorian gentleman and a woman who has been jilted by a French officer, scandalizing the "polite society" of Lyme Regis. Fowles makes his plot inter
- ( 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped) The Ebony TowerThe Ebony Tower ( 1974) by John Fowles consists of 5 short novels with interlacing themes, built around a medieval myth: The Ebony Tower ''Eliduc Poor Koko The Enigma and The Cloud''. Quotations from The Ebony Tower: "Paint. Just paint. This is my advice.
- ( 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar) Daniel Martin
- ( 1979) The TreeNature plays a large part in many of John Fowles' novels. In the autobiographical The Tree he discusses the nature of nature and its relation to the creative arts especially writing.
- ( 1982Events January January 6 William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara du) MantissaFor the traditional use of the word mantissa in mathematics, see common logarithm. For a more modern use of the word mantissa see significand. The original (now archaic), non-mathematical meaning of mantissa is a minor addition or supplement, e. Mantissa (Hardback: BooksEnthsiast.com; Paperback: BooksEnthsiast.com)
- ( 1985) A Maggot
- ( 1998) Wormholes - Essays and Occasional Writings
- ( 2003) The Journals - Volume 1
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