CCV - He has a magnificent narrative gift...brilliant Independent A brilliant, unusual theme... Short and spare and direct, an i Zobraziť viac
Of all John Fowles' novels "The French Lieutenant's Woman" received the most universal acclaim and today holds a very special place in the canon of post-war English literature... Zobraziť viac
CCV: A brilliant success... It is a passionate piece of writing as well as an immaculate example of storytelling Financial... Zobraziť viac
Set in Lyme Regis in 1867, <i>The French Lieutenant's Woman</i >tells the story of a woman wronged, depicted against an unrelenting Victorian England... Zobraziť viac
On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games... Zobraziť viac
In his prologue, John Fowles tells us that A Maggot began as a vision he had of five travellers riding with mysterious purpose through remote countryside. This image gives way to another - a hanging corpse with violets stuffed in its mouth ... Zobraziť viac
Set internationally and spanning three decades, Daniel Martin is, among other things, an exploration of what it is to be English. Daniel is a screenwriter working in Hollywood, who finds himself dissatisfied with his career and with ... Zobraziť viac
The Ebony Tower is a series of novellas, rich in imagery, exploring the nature of art. In the title story, a journalist visiting a celebrated but reclusive painter is intrigued by the elderly artist's relationship with two beautiful young women. John... Zobraziť viac
Discover John Fowles compelling classic first novel Short and spare and direct, an intelligent thriller with psychological and social overtones Sunday TimesWithdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He... Zobraziť viac
Miles Green wakes up in a mysterious hospital with no idea of how he got there or who he is. He definitely doesn't remember his wife, or his children's names. An impossibly shapely specialist doctor tells him his memory ... Zobraziť viac
Two years after The Collector had brought him international recognition and a year before he published The Magus, John Fowles set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century ... Zobraziť viac
'A remarkable performance... As gripping as The Collector and The Magus' ObserverCharles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis, staring out to sea. Charles falls in ... Zobraziť viac
The first volume of John Fowles's Journals ended with him achieving international literary renown after the publication of The Collector and The Magus, and leaving London behind to live in a remote house near Lyme Regis.... Zobraziť viac
In 1963 John Fowles won international recognition with his first published novel The Collector. But his roots as a serious writer can be traced back long before to the journal he began as a student at Oxford in the late 1940s and continued to keep ... Zobraziť viac
Perhaps the most beloved of Fowles's internationally bestselling works, The French Lieutenant's Woman is a feat of seductive storytelling that effectively invents anew the Victorian novel... Zobraziť viac
John Fowles's place in English literary canon has been assured for several decades. His non-fiction writings are less well known, however, in part because they have appeared in periodicals or academic journals... Zobraziť viac
On a remote Greek Island, Nicholas Urfe finds himself embroiled in the deceptions of a master trickster. As reality and illusion intertwine, Urfe is caught up in the darkest of psychological games... Zobraziť viac
