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John Fowles (1926–2005)

Autor/a de La dona del tinent francès

45+ obres 23,785 Membres 417 Ressenyes 107 preferits

Sobre l'autor

John Fowles was born in Essex, England, in 1926. He attended the University of Edinburgh for a short time, left to serve in the Royal Marines, and then returned to school at Oxford University, where he received a B.A. in French in 1950. Fowles taught English in France and Greece, as well as at St. mostra'n més Godric's College in London. Although the main theme in all Fowles's fiction is freedom, there are few other similarities in his books. He has deliberately chosen to explore a different style or genre for each novel: The Collector, his first novel, is an intellectual thriller; The Magus is an adolescent learning novel, tracing the emotional development of the central character; Daniel Martin tries, in the modernist style, to depict psychological reality; Mantissa is a comedic allegory that takes place entirely inside the narrator's head; Maggot combines mystery, science fiction, and history; and The Ebony Tower is a collection of short stories. Fowles explored yet another genre, historical fiction, with his best-known novel, The French Lieutenant's Woman, which received the W. H. Smith Literary Award in 1970 and was made into a movie, starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons, in 1981. An intriguing feature of this novel is that it has three different endings. Fowles's nonfiction includes Aristos: A Self Portrait in Ideas; Poems; and Wormholes: Essays and Other Occasional Writings. In addition, he has written the text for several books of photographs, including The Tree, for which Fowles received the Christopher Award in 1982. He died on November 5, 2005 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de John Fowles

La dona del tinent francès (1969) 6,516 exemplars
The Collector (1963) 5,025 exemplars
The Magus: a revised version (1977) 4,833 exemplars
The Magus (1965) 1,448 exemplars
A Maggot (1985) 1,388 exemplars
The Ebony Tower (1974) 1,238 exemplars
Daniel Martin (1977) 1,161 exemplars
Mantissa (1982) 697 exemplars
The Aristos (1964) 367 exemplars
The Tree (1979) 321 exemplars
The Enigma of Stonehenge (1980) 121 exemplars
Islands (1978) 62 exemplars

Obres associades

The Book of Ebenezer Le Page (1981) — Introducció, algunes edicions946 exemplars
The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories (1989) — Col·laborador — 429 exemplars
After London: Or, Wild England (1885) — Introducció, algunes edicions359 exemplars
Midaq Alley / The Thief and the Dogs / Miramar (1947) — Introducció — 316 exemplars
Ourika (1823) — Traductor, algunes edicions241 exemplars
Granta 86: Film (2004) — Col·laborador — 205 exemplars
The Pleasure of Reading (1992) — Col·laborador — 188 exemplars
Sixteen Short Novels (1985) — Redactor/compositor — 174 exemplars
The French Lieutenant's Woman [1981 film] (1981) — Original book — 126 exemplars
Trial and Error: An Oxford Anthology of Legal Stories (1998) — Col·laborador — 24 exemplars
Hawker of Morwenstow: Portrait of an Eccentric Victorian (1975) — Pròleg, algunes edicions20 exemplars
Trees: A Celebration (1989) — Col·laborador — 13 exemplars
John Aubrey's Monumenta Britannica. Parts One and Two (1982) — Editor, algunes edicions11 exemplars
The Magus [1968 film] (1968) — Original book — 7 exemplars
The West Country Book (1981) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
Monumenta Britannica, or, A miscellany of British antiquities (1980) — Editor, algunes edicions5 exemplars
The Ebony Tower [1984 TV film] — Autor — 4 exemplars

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Nom normalitzat
Fowles, John
Nom oficial
Fowles, John Robert
Data de naixement
1926-03-31
Data de defunció
2005-11-05
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
Groot-Brittannië
País (per posar en el mapa)
England, UK
Lloc de naixement
Leigh upon Sea, Essex, England, Uk
Lloc de defunció
Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
Llocs de residència
Leighton-at-Sea, Essex, GB
Lyme Regis, Dorset, GB
Educació
Bedford School, Bedford, England
Oxford University (New College)
Professions
writer
Premis i honors
Times 50 Top Writers Since 1945 (30)
Biografia breu
John Fowles, geboren in 1926, studeerde aan de universiteit van Oxford, waar hij later Frans doceerde. Op zesendertigjarige leeftijd werd hij plotseling beroemd door het succes van zijn eerste roman The Collector (1963). Zijn faam werd nog bevestigd door de verfilming van dit eerste boek en door de twee lijvige romans die volgden: The Magus (De magiër, 1966) en The French Lietenant’s Woman (Het liefje van de Franse luitenant, 1969). Vooral dit laatste boek bezorgde Fowles in de Verenigde Staten een ongekend grote populariteit. In 1974 verscheen Fowles’ tot nu toe laatste boek, de novellenbundel The Ebony Tower (De ebbehouten toren). Fowles woont tegenwoordig in de Zuid-engelse badplaats Lyme Regis, waar zich ook een groot gedeelte van Het liefje van de Franse luitenant afspeelt (flaptekst).

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June Group Read: The Magus (John Fowles) a 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (juliol 2016)
Group Read, November 2015: The Collector a 1001 Books to read before you die (novembre 2015)
1001 Group Read - June, 2013: The French Lieutenant's Woman a 1001 Books to read before you die (novembre 2013)
Fowles' The Magus a Someone explain it to me... (març 2010)

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Europe (1)
1970s (1)
My TBR (2)
1960s (1)

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Obres
45
També de
21
Membres
23,785
Popularitat
#882
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
417
ISBN
532
Llengües
29
Preferit
107

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