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Book SynopsisWidely 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
Trade ReviewA 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 *
