The Magus (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: John Fowles
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Psychological mystery
- Time of Work: A few years after World War II
- Setting: London, Phraxos (a Greek island), and Athens
- Principal Characters: Nlcholas Urfe, Alison Kelly, Maurlce Conchls, Lily Montgomery, Julle Holmes, Dr. Vanessa Maxwell, June, Rose
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, Teaching or teachers, Mythology or myths, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Self, Ghosts or apparitions, Antiheroes, Emotions, England or English people, Islands, Ethics, Truthfulness and falsehood, Greece or Greek people, Subconscious
- Locales: England, Greece
The Novel
Nicholas Urfe, an intelligent young man, conventionally educated at Oxford, accepts a position as schoolmaster on the remote Greek island of Phraxos. He is bored with England and the latest of a steady diet of love affairs. He has developed an effective technique of cultivating and then gracefully extricating himself from entanglements with women. The most recent is a wandering Australian girl, Alison Kelly. She is emancipated in her sexual habits but is potentially a loyal and devoted companion and lover.
From this rather mundane and self-centered existence,...
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