Introduction

The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Magus, A Maggot in Vintage Living Texts, teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of John Fowles.

Unique Features

Vintage Living Texts is unique in that it offers an in-depth interview with John Fowles, relating specifically to the texts under discussion.

Content Overview

This guide deals with Fowles's themes, genre and narrative technique, and a close reading of the texts will provide a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels.

Additional Materials

Also included in this guide are detailed reading plans for all three novels, questions for essays and discussion, contextual material, suggested texts for complementary and comparative reading, extracts from reviews, a critical overview, a biography, bibliography and a glossary of literary terms.