John Fowles’ "The Magus" was a literary landmark of the 1960s. Nicholas Urfe goes to a Greek island to teach at a private school and becomes enmeshed in curious happenings at the home of a mysterious Greek recluse, Maurice Conchis. Are these events, involving attractive young English sisters, just psychological games, or an elaborate joke, or more? Reality shifts as the story unfolds.
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The Magus
by John Fowles
Length: 26:19 h
Published: 09-07-12
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The Magus (Unabridged)
by Nicholas Boulton
Length: 26:24 h
Published: 2012-09-04
Tracks:
06:44 The Magus (Unabridged): Part 1: Chapter 1 05:54 The Magus (Unabridged): At least, along with a group of fellow odd men out at Magdalen… 04:29 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 2 08:02 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 3 05:52 The Magus (Unabridged): When I came back, she was standing with a glass of Scotch in her hand. 05:40 The Magus (Unabridged): Alison knelt beside me. 07:02 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 4 07:30 The Magus (Unabridged): For days, afraid of Maggie… 06:46 The Magus (Unabridged): I couldn't see her face. 07:25 The Magus (Unabridged): One day she said, 'I've got to go for my interview tomorrow.' 04:36 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 5 04:35 The Magus (Unabridged): 'I waited hours for you.' 06:34 The Magus (Unabridged): The next morning, my last but two… 07:13 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 6 06:43 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 7 06:32 The Magus (Unabridged): This lack of open water meant also that there were no wild animals… 06:44 The Magus (Unabridged): Another letter came from her the next day. 07:48 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 8 06:36 The Magus (Unabridged): One kind of person is engaged in society without realising it… 06:52 The Magus (Unabridged): The day before term ended I felt the balance tip. 03:21 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 9 08:05 The Magus (Unabridged): Part 2: Chapter 10 05:18 The Magus (Unabridged): The sun beat down on my back. 03:17 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 11 08:34 The Magus (Unabridged): The leading estiatoras of the village… 06:47 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 12 06:30 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 13 06:58 The Magus (Unabridged): I bit into my first kourabie, and gave an appreciative nod. 06:32 The Magus (Unabridged): As I walked behind him, I said… 06:53 The Magus (Unabridged): His head turned on me with a snakelike swiftness… 06:28 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 14 06:06 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 15 08:09 The Magus (Unabridged): 'Do you like this?' 05:52 The Magus (Unabridged): He picked up a book and slapped the dust off it. 06:18 The Magus (Unabridged): He sat against the parapet with his back to the view. 05:26 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 16 07:29 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 17 06:59 The Magus (Unabridged): I swilled the last of the ouzo round in my glass. 08:33 The Magus (Unabridged): 'I came to Phraxos looking for a house to rent.' 07:06 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 18 07:06 The Magus (Unabridged): 'You see the child I was.' 08:03 The Magus (Unabridged): 'No obstacles except those of propriety…' 06:34 The Magus (Unabridged): 'I felt like a small boy beside her.' 06:20 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 19 06:09 The Magus (Unabridged): 'The madness of it, Nicholas.' 07:23 The Magus (Unabridged): He stood up. 07:00 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 20 06:45 The Magus (Unabridged): 'I stayed in that crater all night.' 07:43 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 21 06:05 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 22 06:27 The Magus (Unabridged): We remained staring at each other. 06:20 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 23 05:42 The Magus (Unabridged): I looked around again, towards the house. 05:52 The Magus (Unabridged): He had already had his own… 05:46 The Magus (Unabridged): I was silent. 05:54 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 24 06:14 The Magus (Unabridged): He stopped speaking for a moment… 07:35 The Magus (Unabridged): 'But there was so much misunderstanding between us.' 06:04 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 25 04:30 The Magus (Unabridged): I went swiftly down the hall to the front door. 06:08 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 26 08:16 The Magus (Unabridged): 'He's asked me over next week again.' 06:20 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 27 07:24 The Magus (Unabridged): At last it began to seem plain. 06:49 The Magus (Unabridged): She had bare shoulders and arms. 05:50 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 28 05:30 The Magus (Unabridged): She went and stood against the parapet at the far end of the terrace… 06:37 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 29 06:52 The Magus (Unabridged): 'Constantly, during that first visit, I was shocked…' 06:01 The Magus (Unabridged): 'He was the most abnormal man I had ever met.' 07:16 The Magus (Unabridged): I went to the parapet that faced East. 06:48 The Magus (Unabridged): I looked back at Conchis. 07:28 The Magus (Unabridged): 'Very well. Let us have a little more brandy first.' 07:08 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 30 03:27 The Magus (Unabridged): I had never had a telepathic experience in my life… 06:15 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 31 06:00 The Magus (Unabridged): 'Give me your hand.' 07:57 The Magus (Unabridged): I thought for one mad moment that he had crept up behind us. 07:14 The Magus (Unabridged): It was a wild, dislocating, disactualising, shock. 04:41 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 32 05:54 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 33 04:38 The Magus (Unabridged): She threw me a veiled look, then stared ahead again. 04:31 The Magus (Unabridged): 'I haven't been very happy on Phraxos.' 07:32 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 34 08:20 The Magus (Unabridged): 'When shall I see you again?' 05:41 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 35 06:20 The Magus (Unabridged): He gave me a piercing look I was meant to believe… 06:26 The Magus (Unabridged): I had the now familiar feeling that came in conversations at Bourani. 05:55 The Magus (Unabridged): I remained staring at the edge of the tablecloth. 06:33 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 36 05:55 The Magus (Unabridged): I began to stare at the star. 06:54 The Magus (Unabridged): At some point it began imperceptibly to change. 06:53 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 37 05:25 The Magus (Unabridged): I was glad, with a simplicity that recalled earliest adolescence. 06:29 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 38 06:35 The Magus (Unabridged): I remembered Lily's prophecy… 06:51 The Magus (Unabridged): There was a long silence. 05:22 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 39 03:53 The Magus (Unabridged): It should have cast a shadow over the day. 04:56 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 40 05:54 The Magus (Unabridged): At the top of it we came to… 07:38 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 41 07:20 The Magus (Unabridged): She thrust the saucepan under my nose… 06:55 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 42 07:32 The Magus (Unabridged): We walked on a way… 05:42 The Magus (Unabridged): 'It's not that I believe any of these things…' 07:29 The Magus (Unabridged): We got to Arachova about five… 05:20 The Magus (Unabridged): 'That reminds me.' 05:06 The Magus (Unabridged): She began to bang the bedrail with her fists… 07:04 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 43 06:27 The Magus (Unabridged): She turned down the pale blue flame of the spirit-stove… 06:55 The Magus (Unabridged): I went after her. 05:22 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 44 06:24 The Magus (Unabridged): 'I think I told you that when modern history…' 06:12 The Magus (Unabridged): However, from being rather frightened by the solitude… 06:09 The Magus (Unabridged): 'He said, "I had no choice."' 05:10 The Magus (Unabridged): 'I got into the boat…' 05:56 The Magus (Unabridged): 'I watched this rare specimen of humanity for some time.' 05:25 The Magus (Unabridged): 'I went back to the farmstead a wiser young man.' 05:44 The Magus (Unabridged): I trained my glasses on him. 06:08 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 45 07:13 The Magus (Unabridged): Conchis kissed her hand, and then she reached it to me… 05:45 The Magus (Unabridged): A second later I had let go of her and was reaching in my pocket… 04:43 The Magus (Unabridged): She leant backward and stretched her arm along the seat back… 05:43 The Magus (Unabridged): She answered obliquely. 06:01 The Magus (Unabridged): She started to walk down past the statue. 05:44 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 46 06:16 The Magus (Unabridged): Lily looked coolly down at me and said… 05:41 The Magus (Unabridged): I lit my cigarette. 05:58 The Magus (Unabridged): She handed me three other letters. 05:08 The Magus (Unabridged): 'But you must still have smelt a rat?' 06:34 The Magus (Unabridged): 'We had screen tests. Some woman Maurice knew…' 07:12 The Magus (Unabridged): 'You said yes again?' 05:55 The Magus (Unabridged): She looked back over her shoulder. 05:39 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 47 06:13 The Magus (Unabridged): I began my supplementary cross-examination. 06:38 The Magus (Unabridged): After a moment or two… 03:35 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 48 06:00 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 49 05:31 The Magus (Unabridged): We came to where the beach curved away… 06:30 The Magus (Unabridged): I began to walk in the direction that would bring me… 05:19 The Magus (Unabridged): In a few seconds a pale movement told me I was right. 05:42 The Magus (Unabridged): 'What the bloody hell's the game?' 05:49 The Magus (Unabridged): The colonel moved up the path to where the sergeant… 06:40 The Magus (Unabridged): As he did so there was a cry, an exclamation. 06:50 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 50 06:03 The Magus (Unabridged): I began to walk along towards the bay with the three cottages. 06:43 The Magus (Unabridged): On the far side of the village there was another harbour… 07:22 The Magus (Unabridged): 'What kind of singing and dancing?' 06:45 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 51 05:25 The Magus (Unabridged): I lay on the bed and thought of her coming to me… 06:29 The Magus (Unabridged): My tears did not last very long. 06:02 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 52 06:11 The Magus (Unabridged): 'A victim is someone who has something inflicted on him…' 06:08 The Magus (Unabridged): This was the 'last trick' of Julie's letter. 05:28 The Magus (Unabridged): We silently toasted each other, across the lamp-lit table… 05:49 The Magus (Unabridged): The new-risen moon was amber… 06:14 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 53 05:21 The Magus (Unabridged): He let me look a few moments longer… 06:33 The Magus (Unabridged): The beam was extinguished, the engine stopped. 06:45 The Magus (Unabridged): 'Poor Anton.' 06:52 The Magus (Unabridged): '‘So the eighty of us were marched off to the school…' 06:33 The Magus (Unabridged): They took the three to the school, where they were interrogated. 05:53 The Magus (Unabridged): 'We went into another bare room next door.' 04:57 The Magus (Unabridged): 'The night passed.' 07:13 The Magus (Unabridged): 'Beyond those three atrocious shapes I saw the hostages.' 07:06 The Magus (Unabridged): 'I understood then.' 07:12 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 54 06:54 The Magus (Unabridged): 'But let me finish by showing you the report that Anton wrote.' 05:35 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 55 05:11 The Magus (Unabridged): 'She wrote me a letter.' 05:02 The Magus (Unabridged): He caught sight of something behind me. 06:17 The Magus (Unabridged): Joe appeared in the music-room door, with two heavy suitcases. 05:43 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 56 04:35 The Magus (Unabridged): Perhaps it was seeing her in contemporary… 05:24 The Magus (Unabridged): Under the colonnade, Hermes stood waiting. 05:46 The Magus (Unabridged): I lit a fourth match. 05:20 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 57 05:08 The Magus (Unabridged): Julie's suitcase stood at the foot of the bed. 04:20 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 58 04:11 The Magus (Unabridged): She had the amateur liar's habit of looking earnestly into one's eyes. 05:16 The Magus (Unabridged): I took her hand and led her silently and quickly up the alley… 05:29 The Magus (Unabridged): I went and stood by the window, the now-torrential rain… 07:28 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 59 06:32 The Magus (Unabridged): I lay on top of her, mastering her… 07:32 The Magus (Unabridged): A little smile at the corner of her mouth… 05:53 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 60 05:39 The Magus (Unabridged): All her story – her stories… 06:44 The Magus (Unabridged): I lit another Philip Morris. 06:17 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 61 05:41 The Magus (Unabridged): As soon as I had done so… 06:46 The Magus (Unabridged): The next figure was African… 05:18 The Magus (Unabridged): Perhaps a minute passed like that. 05:44 The Magus (Unabridged): 'Good. Now… if I may be allowed I shall first introduce myself.' 06:32 The Magus (Unabridged): I could not keep control any longer. 06:16 The Magus (Unabridged): The subject's family… 06:37 The Magus (Unabridged): Though I have little sympathy as a fellow human being… 06:48 The Magus (Unabridged): Adam called something. 06:58 The Magus (Unabridged): No one moved… 06:43 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 62 07:10 The Magus (Unabridged): A new shot. 06:51 The Magus (Unabridged): Then light came from behind the curtains. 07:09 The Magus (Unabridged): Lily. 06:31 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 63 04:58 The Magus (Unabridged): I climbed a hundred yards or so to the top of the hill. 04:19 The Magus (Unabridged): Pitching and rolling, the little steamer, made late by the meltemi… 04:05 The Magus (Unabridged): Next I opened another envelope from London. 05:29 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 64 05:12 The Magus (Unabridged): There was a swift conversation in Greek between the headmaster… 06:20 The Magus (Unabridged): He watched me a moment more, then came to the point. 07:02 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 65 06:30 The Magus (Unabridged): Finally, on different paper, a scrawled message… 06:00 The Magus (Unabridged): The 'orders' looked as if they had all been typed out… 06:05 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 66 05:08 The Magus (Unabridged): I returned to the waiting yellow taxi. 06:33 The Magus (Unabridged): The dinner that evening was dreadful… 05:02 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 67 06:51 The Magus (Unabridged): I walked up and down my room… 05:04 The Magus (Unabridged): Part 3: Chapter 68 06:29 The Magus (Unabridged): I wanted to say that I hadn't come as a tourist… 05:21 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 69 05:07 The Magus (Unabridged): The next morning I went round to the estate agents… 06:24 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 70 04:42 The Magus (Unabridged): Faculty of English, Osaka University. 06:23 The Magus (Unabridged): Evening Standard of January 8, 1952. 06:39 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 71 07:25 The Magus (Unabridged): I walked over the gravel and under a brick arch. 05:11 The Magus (Unabridged): 'Can you remember one thing…' 06:24 The Magus (Unabridged): She looked down at her cigarette. 08:02 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 72 07:32 The Magus (Unabridged): 'I have some ugly questions to ask.' 07:57 The Magus (Unabridged): She reached up to the mantelpiece beside… 07:03 The Magus (Unabridged): I would not turn and look at her. 06:35 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 73 06:47 The Magus (Unabridged): There was only one person I wanted to talk with. 06:53 The Magus (Unabridged): I stood at the bar waiting for the drinks… 06:16 The Magus (Unabridged): 'Fantastic.' 05:00 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 74 06:51 The Magus (Unabridged): I analysed the situation. 07:34 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 75 07:24 The Magus (Unabridged): I looked down. 05:50 The Magus (Unabridged): A minute later, we were going down the corridor… 05:43 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 76 07:14 The Magus (Unabridged): A young Victorian of my age would have thought nothing… 05:07 The Magus (Unabridged): She was always equable… 05:18 The Magus (Unabridged): Rain pounded down, dripped in the gutters… 05:36 The Magus (Unabridged): If only I had told her at the beginning… 07:38 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 77 06:58 The Magus (Unabridged): Chapter 78 06:25 The Magus (Unabridged): She was walking slowly across the grass, towards the east. 07:10 The Magus (Unabridged): 'You're the only person I've ever felt that about.' 07:12 The Magus (Unabridged): She was not crying, I leant forward and looked. 08:01 The Magus (Unabridged): There was a smell of a bonfire.
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