Author John Fowles dead

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From correspondents in London
November 08, 2005


BRITISH novelist John Fowles, author of The French Lieutenant's Woman and The Magus, has died aged 79, his publisher said overnight.

"He died at the weekend. He had been ill for some time," said a spokeswoman at his publishers, Jonathan Cape.

Fowles, a novelist for more than 40 years, won international acclaim with publication in 1969 of The French Lieutenant's Woman, a vivid Victorian pastiche that was later turned into a critically acclaimed film with Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons.

Fowles worked as a teacher before turning to writing full-time.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17176215%255E1702,00.html

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1. 'The Magus' and 'A Maggot':

Always like those.

[etherealtruth]

2. Whew ... "The Magus" ...

... was really something.

Thanks for the info.

[Wickerman]

3. Damn shame, I loved The Ebony Tower n/t

[EFerrari]

4. What a shame. I loved his work. n/t