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The French Lieutenant's Woman
- Author
- John Fowles
- Narrator
- John Hopkins
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 4 November 2021
- Run Time
- 16 hours 26 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
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.
© John Fowles 1969 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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A brilliant success... It is a passionate piece of writing as well as an immaculate example of storytelling
Financial Times
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Compulsively readable
Irish Times
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A splendid, lucid, profoundly satisfying work of art, a book which I want almost immediately to read again
New Statesman
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Brilliant...an artist of great imaginative power
Sunday Times
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Marvellous 1969 novel... You can read this book again and again, always finding something new and always falling in love with the hapless Charles.
Daily Mail
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman is immensely interesting, attractive and human
New York Times, 1969
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It has a cracking story, a real emotional heart and a good sense of humour
Guardian
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Details
- Author
- John Fowles
- Narrator
- John Hopkins
- Duration
- 16 hours 26 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 November 2021
- ISBN
- 9781529191561
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Romance
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. A remarkable performance... As gripping as The Collector and The Magus' ObserverCharles 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.© John Fowles 1969 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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