After leaving Oxford University, Fowles taught English at a school on the Greek island of Spetses, a sojourn that inspired "The Magus", an instant best-seller that was directly in tune with 1960s "hippy" anarchism and experimental philosophy. This was followed by "The French Lieutenant's Woman" (1969), a Victorian-era romance with a postmodern twist that was set in Lyme Regis, Dorset, where Fowles lived for much of his life. Later fictional works include "The Ebony Tower", "Daniel Martin", "Mantissa", and "A Maggot".