The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles

A pastiche of a historical romance, it juxtaposes the ethos of the Victorian characters living in 1867 with the ironic commentary of the author writing in 1967. The plot centers on Charles Smithson, an amateur Victorian paleontologist. He is engaged to Ernestina Freeman, a conventional, wealthy woman, but he breaks off the engagement after a series of clandestine trysts with the beautiful, mysterious Sarah Woodruff, a social outcast known locally as the forsaken lover of a French lieutenant. The author, who continually intrudes on the narration, presents three different endings, encouraging his readers to reach their own conclusions. Fowles' classic tells the story of a mysterious, lonely woman, notorious for her obscure relationship with an absent French lieutenant.

About the Author
John Fowles has written many of the bestselling and most critically acclaimed novels of recent decades, among them The Collector, The Magus, Daniel Martin, and The Ebony Tower.

 

 

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