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In John Fowles' The Magus, Nicholas D'Urfe, is a young, narcissistic Oxford graduate who accepts a position to teach English at the Lord Byron School (based on the Anargyrios and Korgialenios School of Spetses) on the Greek island of Phraxos, a place so beautiful, quiet and empty that it verged on the terrifying. - AsNotedIn
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| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1952/01/08 | John Fowles | Work | John Fowles meets the faculty of the Anargyrios and Korgialenios School and begins two unhappy years of teaching English | Spetses, GR | Attica Region, GR | ||
| 1953/06/00 | John Fowles | Work | Mr Fowles is dismissed from his teaching post at the Anargyrios and Korgialenios School, writing - It irked my pride to be kicked out of such a corrupt place | Spetses, GR | Attica Region, GR | ||
| 1965/00/00 | John Fowles | Author | The Magus - published | ||||
| 1965/00/00 | Little, Brown and Co | Publisher | The Magus - published |
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| Particulars for The Magus (book): | |||
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| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| member of a priestly caste of ancient Persia | Magus | ||
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Art Type | Novel | long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
| Science | Psychological | of, affecting, or arising in the mind related to the mental and emotional state of a person | |
| Narrative Arts | Thriller | ||
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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