John Robert Fowles (March 31, 1926 - November 5, 2005) was an English 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. 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, … Wikipedia
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Recommended works The Magus, impressive and exasperating by turns, is his most ambitious novel ("I fell into almost every trap awaiting the tyro writer", Fowles admits). books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,5917,-71,00.html
