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French Lieutenant's Woman #1: The French Lieutenant's Woman

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As part of Back Bay's ongoing effort to make the works of John Fowles available in uniform trade paperback editions, two major works in the Fowles canon are reissued to coincide with the publication of Wormholes, the author's long-awaited new collection of essays and occasional writings.<P>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. "Filled with enchanting mysteries and magically erotic possibilities" (New York Times), the novel inspired the hugely successful 1981 film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons and is today universally regarded as a modern classic.<P>In A Maggot, originally published in 1985, Fowles reaches back to the eighteenth century to offer readers a glimpse into the future. Time magazine called the result "hypnotic....A remarkable achievement. Part detective story, part crackling courtroom drama....An immensely rich and readable novel".
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sarahlynn, March 8, 2007 (view all comments by sarahlynn)
The first half of this novel struck me as a more forward version of "The End of the Affair." A man in a strict society is engaged to the perfect woman produced by aforesaid society but his heart is stolen by a fallen woman who stands for everything society disdains but who appeals to us as readers because of her beauty and independence. Same reason she appeals to him.

But anyway. This book does proceed very much like "Affair" except that it does it in a much more critical manner. It seems as if all through the novel, Fowles is taking a scientific look at just what made the Victorian Era click and what was wrong with it. Or what was right with it in some cases. Sometimes the scientific aspect got to be just a little much for me. I couldn't tell what was Charles talking and what was the author and what was Dr. Grogan.

Fowles makes no bones about how hard it is to control characters if you want them to be truly realistic and often complains about how much trouble he has writing about Charles and Sarah. He even goes so far as to insert himself as a character in the book so he can examine his characters "in person." This brings him to the conclusion that he cannot tell what would really happen with his characters, so he provides three separate endings for the novel. And if you ever read this book, I'd be interested in hearing your opinion on which would be most likely to be the truest ending.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780316291163
Author:
Fowles, John
Publisher:
Back Bay Books
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Man-woman relationships
Subject:
England
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
Subject:
Lyme Regis (England)
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Edition Description:
BACK BAY PBK
Series:
French Lieutenant's Woman
Series Volume:
1
Publication Date:
September 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
480
Dimensions:
8.34x5.52x1.25 in. .98 lbs.
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