The Ebony Tower
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The Ebony Tower is a collection of novellas by British author John Fowles that explores themes of art, morality, and human relationships through layered, metafictional storytelling.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ebony Tower canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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novella collection ⓘ |
| adaptedTo | television film "The Ebony Tower" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Fowles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| basedOn | medieval Breton lai "Eliduc" (for the novella "Eliduc") NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Tom Adams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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metafiction ⓘ novella ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0224009905 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Eliduc
NERFINISHED
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Poor Koko NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ebony Tower (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Enigma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | 20th-century British literature canon ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainThemes |
art
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human relationships ⓘ morality ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
layered
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metafictional ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of artist–muse relationships
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intertextual use of medieval sources ⓘ moral ambiguity of characters ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 5 ⓘ |
| originalPublisherCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | ~300 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | France (in the title novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
artists
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creative process ⓘ infidelity ⓘ marital relationships ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationStarring |
Greta Scacchi
NERFINISHED
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Laurence Olivier NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Rees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| televisionAdaptationYear | 1984 ⓘ |
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