The French Lieutenant's Woman - Hardcover

Fowles, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316290998 ISBN 13: 9780316290999

Publisher: Little Brown, 1969

Synopsis

The stern society of Victorian England is viewed from the perspective of a modern author

About this title

About the Author:

John Fowles was born in England in 1926 and educated at Bedford School and Oxford University. He won international recognition with his first published title. The Collector (1963), being immediately acclaimed as an outstandingly innovative writer of exceptional imaginative power. This reputation was confirmed with the appearance of his subsequent works, including The Magus (1966) and The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969). John Fowles died in 2005.

From AudioFile:

In this contemporary, Victorian-style novel Charles Smithson, a nineteenth-century gentleman with glimmerings of twentieth-century perceptions, falls in love with enigmatic Sarah Woodruff, who has been jilted by a French lover. Paul Shelley's subtle presentation does full justice to Fowles' artful, mysterious tale, whether he's reading an exposition on Darwinian theory or narration of romantic assignations and broken promises. Never once does he lose the listener as the author moves between the past and present, commenting on Victorian customs, politics and morays. And never once does he give away the novel's surprise ending. Enthusiastically recommended. R.B.F. An AUDIOFILE Earphones Award winner (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown
• Publication date: 1969
• ISBN 10: 0316290998
• ISBN 13: 9780316290999
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 467