![]() On the first night of his stay, the house is burgled. The story is deliberately placed after The Ebony Tower as a clear parallel of and influence on the title story.Īn elderly writer has borrowed a country cottage from friends in London. ![]() While in exile, he falls for the daughter of a local king. However, he is puzzled by the old man's relationship with the girls, especially when he himself is attracted to Diana.Įliduc, the shortest tale in the book, is a translation of a Breton lai by Marie de France, in which a hero goes into exile in England, leaving his wife behind. In this strange ménage, David is left in no doubt about his host's views on modern abstract art. Breasley shares his home with two young English girls, both former art students, Diana and Anne. ![]() Henry Breasley is an elderly painter whose secluded retirement is invaded by a brash young artist commissioned to write a biographical study of the great man. The Ebony Tower (1974) by John Fowles is a collection of five novellas and short stories with interlacing themes, each built around a medieval myth: The Ebony Tower, Eliduc, Poor Koko, The Enigma and The Cloud. ![]()
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