The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman
ISBN: 9780099478331
Publication Date: 1 January 2005

Of all John Fowles' novels THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN received the most universal acclaim and today holds a very special place in the canon of post-war English literature. From the god-like stance of the nineteenth-century novelist that he both assumes and gently mocks, to the last detail of dress, idiom and manners, his book is an immaculate recreation of Victorian England. Not only is it the epic love story of two people of insight and imagination seeking escape from the cant and tyranny of their age, THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN is also a brilliantly sustained allegory of the decline of the twentieth-century passion for freedom.

About the Author

JOHN FOWLES was born in 1926. His books include THE COLLECTOR, THE ARISTOS, THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN, THE EBONY; TOWER, DANIEL MARTIN, MANTISSA, A MAGGOT, and WORMHOLES. He died in Lyme Regis in November 2005.