Talk:The French Lieutenant's Woman

message: "The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969), by John Fowles, is a period novel inspired by the 1823 novel Ourika, by Claire de Duras . . ."
Why is it not pointed out that the original novel Ourika, is based on a true story of "Ourika" who was an African women from Senegalese nobility, whom a French Lieutenant was in love, but she was rejected by the French nobility because she was African, thus the "tragedy"?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.229.102.208 (talk) 18:58, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: A bit late, but I would say because this article is about another book. Details of Ourika are in that book's own article. Britmax (talk) 14:52, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Ourika

message: Can somebody help to flesh this out?  I got bogged down in trying to explain the complexity of the plots of both the book and the movie.  -- Zoe
What about the sexual encounter between Charles and Sarah, in which he discovers her to be a virgin?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.164.39.98 (talk) 23:58, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Metafiction, and pastoral elements

message: This picture really needs to be replaced.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.168.19.196 (talk) 10:25, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: agreed! Mujinga (talk) 00:24, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: The content of this page is filled with meaningless gibberish.  It desperately needs to be rewritten in a way that makes sense. 155.135.55.233 (talk) 15:21, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Gibberish

message: "Simultaneously, he learns that his prospective inheritance from an elder uncle is in jeopardy; the uncle is engaged to a woman young enough to bear him an heir."
Actually, Charles learned about his inheritance some time before. Several days before, more or less.
"First ending: Charles marries Ernestina, and their marriage is unhappy; Sarah’s fate is unknown."
I believe the marriage, in this version is reasonably happy. Ernestina dies ten years before Charles, and he grieves her for the rest of his life.
69.108.162.74 (talk) 03:31, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: A few errors

message: Hey all, as you might have noticed quite a big expansion, I plan on returning to it when I have bit more time for Wikipedia (semester is quite busy). If you want to help, here is what I planned on adding before a GA Review: 
*one or two sources more sources that do each of the following: 
**marxist reading
**ecocritical reading
**science/religion readings
*add at least a couple sources that talk about the composition and genesis of the novel by Fowle's 
*Flesh out the other sections w/ references including:
**contemporary reception 
**characters
**style and structure sections 
Definitely would appreciate if  or anyone else wants to collaborate (go ahead and add  to anything you finish, Sadads (talk) 19:04, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm excited to see this one headed for GA. I won't be able to contribute significantly here, as I'm currently up to my elbows at United Nations, but I'll be glad to serve as GA reviewer when one is needed. In terms of prioritizing the above, the composition/genesis stuff is probably the only part that would be a "main aspect" per the GA criteria. Different theoretical approaches to the novel would be helpful (and probably will be necessary when it reaches FA), but probably not required at GA level. Thanks again for all your work, -- Khazar2 (talk) 19:07, 17 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey ! I made the recommended improvement, and don't have patience right now to do the necessary additional scholarship for FA. So I will nominate for GA per your recommendation, and will make these improvements as time and focus allow, Sadads (talk) 19:11, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent expansion and checklist before GA and beyond 

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