num_pages: 467
description: Perhaps the most beloved of Fowles's internationally bestselling works, The French Lieutenant's Woman is a feat of seductive storytelling that effectively invents anew the Victorian novel. The novel inspired the hugely successful 1981 film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons and is today universally regarded as a modern classic.
language: English
title: French Lieutenant's Woman
titlecomplete: 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: 52045
places: Exeter, Devon, England, Dorset, England, Lyme Regis, England, London, England
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: WH Smith Literary Award
publisher: Back Bay Books