John fowles books ranked
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John Fowles Books In Order
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Collector | (1963) |
| The Magus | (1965) |
| The French Lieutenant's Woman | (1969) |
| Cinderella | (1974) |
| Daniel Martin | (1977) |
| Mantissa | (1982) |
| A Maggot | (1985) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Aristos | (1964) |
| Shipwreck | (1974) |
| Steep Holm | (1978) |
| Islands | (1978) |
| The Tree | (1979) |
| The Enigma of Stonehenge | (1980) |
| A Short History of Lyme Regis | (1982) |
| Thomas Hardy's England | (1984) |
| Lyme Regis Camera | (1990) |
| Behind the Magus | (1994) |
| Wormholes | (1998) |
| The Journals: Volume 1 | (2003) |
| The Journals: Volume 2 | (2005) |
Publication Order of Collections
Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories | (1987) |
| Winter: A Folio Anthology | (2016) |
John Fowles was an internationally renowned novelist best known for writing ‘The Magus’, a bestseller that was inspired by the time the
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Fowles, John 1926–2005
(John Robert Fowles)
PERSONAL: Born March 31, 1926, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England; died November 5, 2005, in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England; son of Robert John and Gladys May (Richards) Fowles; married Elizabeth Whitton, April 2, 1954 (died, 1990); married Sarah Smith, 1998. Education: Attended University of Edinburgh; New College, Oxford, B.A. (honors), 1950.
CAREER: Writer and educator. University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France, lecturer in English, 1950–51; Anargyrios and Korgialenios School of Spetses, Spetsai, Greece, teacher, 1951–52; Ashridge College, teacher, 1953–54; St. Godric's College, London, England, teacher, 1954–63. Military service: Royal Marines; became lieutenant.
AWARDS, HONORS: Silver Pen Award, English Centre of International PEN, W.H. Smith Literary Award, both 1970, for The French Lieutenant's Woman; honorary curator of Lyme Regis Museum, 1979–88; Christopher Award, 1982, for The Tree; The Magus was voted 'one of the nation's 100 best-loved novels' by the British public as part of the British Broadcasting Corporatio
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