num_pages: 399
description: 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
language: English
title: The French Lieutenant's Woman
titlecomplete: The French Lieutenant's Woman
characters: Mrs. Poulteney, Sarah Woodruff, Charles Smithson, Ernestina Freeman, Dr Grogan, Sam Farrow
genres: Romance, Literature, British Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, Historical, Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 52062
places: Exeter, Devon, England, London, England, Lyme Regis, England, Dorset, England
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: WH Smith Literary Award
publisher: Picador