The Cobb featured in Jane Austen 's novel Persuasion ( 1818 ) and in the 20th-century film The French Lieutenant 's Woman , based on the 1969 novel of the same name by British writer John Fowles .
The harbor wall , `` The Cobb '' , features in Jane Austen 's novel Persuasion , and in the movie and novel , The French Lieutenant 's Woman , by local writer John Fowles .