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He started writing it in the 1950s, under the original title of the godgame. He won international recognition with the collector, his first published title, in 1963. The success of his first novel, the collector, published in 1963, allowed him to devote all his time to writing. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 283 pages and is available in paperback format. If the inline pdf is not rendering correctly, you can download the pdf file here. Fowles was born in leighonsea in essex, england, the son of gladys may richards and robert john fowles. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. John fowles initially started out as a teacher and was unaware that his life would change with the publication of his first novel, the collector, which went on to become one of his bestknown works in his long and fruitful career. In 1951 john fowles was an assistant teacher at poitiers university when he fell seriously in love for the first time.
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