num_pages: 14
description: At Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast, a young Victorian amateur palaeontologist, Charles Smithson, is intrigued by a solitary female figure standing at the far end of the Cobb.
language: English
title: The French Lieutenant's Woman
titlecomplete: The French Lieutenant's Woman
characters: Charles Smithson, Sam Farrow, Mrs. Poulteney, Sarah Woodruff, Ernestina Freeman, Dr Grogan
genres: Fiction, Historical, British Literature, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 52059
places: Exeter, Devon, England, Dorset, England, Lyme Regis, England, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: WH Smith Literary Award
publisher: Chivers Sound Library