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The French Lieutenant's Woman

John Fowles author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:4th Nov '04

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Widely acclaimed since publication, John Fowles' most beloved novel is the ultimate epic historical romance.

Charles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis, staring out to sea.

Widely acclaimed since publication, The French Lieutenant's Woman is John Fowles' best-loved novel and the ultimate in epic historical romance.

Charles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis, staring out to sea. Charles falls in love, but Sarah is a disgraced woman, and their romance will defy all the stifling conventions of the Victorian age.

'A remarkable performance... As gripping as The Collector and The Magus' Observer

A brilliant success... It is a passionate piece of writing as well as an immaculate example of storytelling * Financial Times *
Compulsively readable * Irish Times *
A splendid, lucid, profoundly satisfying work of art, a book which I want almost immediately to read again * New Statesman *
Brilliant...an artist of great imaginative power * Sunday Times *
Marvellous 1969 novel... You can read this book again and again, always finding something new and always falling in love with the hapless Charles. -- Val Hennessy * Daily Mail *

ISBN: 9780099478331

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 30mm

Weight: 359g

512 pages