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John Robert Fowles (March 31, 1926 – November 5, 2005) was a British novelist and essayist.
He was born in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, England, the son of Robert J. Fowles, a prosperous cigar merchant, and his wife, Gladys Richards, a schoolteacher. After attending Bedford School and Edinburgh University, he studied at New College, Oxford, where he studied both French and German, although he dropped German and concentrated on French for his BA. After his studies, he worked as a teacher in France, Greece (where he met Elizabeth Whitton, the woman he would later marry), and England. The success of his first published novel, The Collector (1963), meant that Fowles was able to stop teaching and start a literary career.
In 1968 Fowles moved to Lyme Regis in Dorset and used it as the setting for The French Lieutenant's Woman. In that same year he adapted The Magus (a novel based on his experiences in Greece and written before The Collector) for cinema, but the film was not a success. The French Lieutenant's Woman was made into a film in 1981 with a screenplay by the British playwright Harold Pinter (subsequently a Nobel laureate in Literature) and was nominated for an Oscar.
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It was supposed to sound spontaneous, but I had been composing it on and off for days. -John Fowles, "The Magus" #quote
gilscorner (Gil Corner) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:55:04 -0000
It was supposed to sound spontaneous, but I had been composing it on and off for days. -John Fowles, "The Magus" #quote
There are only two races on this planet â the intelligent and the stupid. John Fowles
NutsByAzzah (Nuts By Azzah) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:04:12 -0000
There are only two races on this planet — the intelligent and the stupid. John Fowles
RT @DeathQuotes "RT @todayquotes: "An answer is always a form of death." ~ John Fowles (d 4y ago today) - Thanks via @ulaluma"
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RT @DeathQuotes "RT @todayquotes: "An answer is always a form of death." ~ John Fowles (d 4y ago today) - Thanks via @ulaluma"
The Magus by John Fowles
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The Magus by John Fowles
It was supposed to sound spontaneous, but I had been composing it on and off for days. -John Fowles, "The Magus" #quote
moneyexpert007 (David Raven) Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:36:58 -0000
It was supposed to sound spontaneous, but I had been composing it on and off for days. -John Fowles, "The Magus" #quote
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