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The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles. The plot explores the fraught relationship of gentleman and amateur naturalist Charles Smithson and Sarah Woodruff, the former governess and independent woman with whom he falls in love.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman, novel by John Fowles, published in 1969. 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 centres on Charles Smithson, an amateur Victorian.
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The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1981 British romantic drama film directed by Karel Reisz, produced by Leon Clore, and adapted by the playwright Harold Pinter. It is based on The French Lieutenant's Woman, a 1969 novel by John Fowles. The music score is by Carl Davis and the cinematography by Freddie Francis .
The wealthy and religious Mrs. Poulteney hired the French Lieutenant’s Woman, Sarah Woodruff, as a companion a year before. Mrs. Poulteney is an awful woman who’s afraid of hell, so she hopes that her charity towards Sarah will save her own soul.
Fowles consciously writes in the shadow of Thomas Hardy, who is famous for writing about Dorset, where The French Lieutenant’s Woman takes place. Fowles also follows Hardy in dealing directly with issues of gender and sexuality and employing evocative descriptions of nature.
John Fowles. 1969. Introduction. One morning, in 1966, at his home on the outskirts of Lyme Regis, John Fowles awoke with a vision of an enigmatic, solitary woman, standing on the Cobb, staring off into the distant sea, a woman who clearly belonged to the past.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman is a 1969 historical novel by English author John Fowles. The novel provides a postmodern exploration of Victorian society, telling a story from the era in a manner which also function as a social critique.
