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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The Ebony Tower canonical 1
The Ebony Tower (novella) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
novella collection ⓘ
adaptedTo television film "The Ebony Tower" ⓘ
author John Fowles ⓘ
authorNationality British ⓘ
basedOn medieval Breton lai "Eliduc" (for the novella "Eliduc") ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtist Tom Adams ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ
novella ⓘ
hasCriticalReception generally positive ⓘ
hasISBN 0224009905 ⓘ
hasPart Eliduc ⓘ
Poor Koko ⓘ
The Cloud ⓘ
The Ebony Tower (novella) ⓘ
linked to: The Ebony Tower

The Enigma ⓘ
includedIn 20th-century British literature canon ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod postmodern literature ⓘ
mainThemes art ⓘ
human relationships ⓘ
morality ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeStyle layered ⓘ
metafictional ⓘ
notableFor exploration of artist–muse relationships ⓘ
intertextual use of medieval sources ⓘ
moral ambiguity of characters ⓘ
numberOfStories 5 ⓘ
originalPublisherCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
pageCount ~300 ⓘ
publicationYear 1974 ⓘ
publisher Jonathan Cape ⓘ
setting France (in the title novella) ⓘ
linked to: France (fictional)
subjectMatter artists ⓘ
creative process ⓘ
infidelity ⓘ
marital relationships ⓘ
writers ⓘ
televisionAdaptationStarring Greta Scacchi ⓘ
Laurence Olivier ⓘ
Roger Rees ⓘ
televisionAdaptationYear 1984 ⓘ

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John Fowles → notableWork → The Ebony Tower ⓘ
The Ebony Tower → hasPart → The Ebony Tower (novella) ⓘ
linked to: The Ebony Tower