The French Lieutenant's Woman

John Fowles

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Three of the John Fowles' most popular novels, rejacketed with a vibrant new modern design

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

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.

Widely acclaimed since publication, The French Lieutenant's Woman is the best-loved of John Fowles's novels.

Published: 1 December 2010
ISBN: 9781409059011
Imprint: Vintage Digital
Format: EBook
Pages: 512

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About the author

John Fowles

John Fowles was born in 1926. He won international recognition with The Collector, his first published title, in 1963. He was immediately acclaimed as an outstandingly innovative writer of exceptional imaginative power, and this reputation was confirmed with the appearance of his subsequent works: The Aristos, The Magus, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Ebony Tower, Daniel Martin, Mantissa, and A Maggot. John Fowles died in Lyme Regis in 2005. Two volumes of his Journals have recently been published; the first in 2003, the second in 2006.

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Praise for The French Lieutenant's Woman

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

The French Lieutenant’s Woman is immensely interesting, attractive and human
New York Times, 1969

It has a cracking story, a real emotional heart and a good sense of humour
Guardian