The French Lieutenant S Woman Book Cover
The scene is the village of lyme regis on dorset s lyme bay the largest bite from the underside of england s out stretched southwestern leg.
The french lieutenant s woman book cover. With a title like the french lieutenant s woman it s gotta be a romance novel with a cover featuring some fabio like male model in a 19th century french army uniform that s ripped to pieces to expose his abs as some buxom wench showing a lot of thigh clings to him and he waves a sword in the air. The screenplay of the french lieutenant s woman from the novel by john fowles by harold pinter. Anna meryl streep and mike jeremy irons who play the characters. Brief summary of book.
You can read this before the french lieutenant s woman pdf epub full download at the bottom. Reviewed in the united states on june 23 2014. It s a book that i can t put down. Dark purple dust jacket soiled and well rubbed spine panel browned scuffing at spine and flap fold ends gilt lettering upon spine and front panel remains fairly bright original bookseller s price sticker at bottom right corner of front flap.
The french lieutenant s woman by john fowles. Chapter 13 is unique. John fowles 1926 2005 was educated at oxford and subsequently lectured in english at universities in greece and the uk. Dark brown cloth with vibrant gilt stamped spine lettering.
I ve had the book for years but have just now begun to read it for our next book club meeting in july. Reading the screenplay was aa heck of a lot easier enough so that i may attempt to see the movie again although i am not a jeremy irons fan. I ve never seen this done in any book that i ve ever read. The success of his first novel the collector published in 1963 allowed him to devote all his time to writing his books include the internationally acclaimed and bestselling novels the magus the french lieutenant s woman and daniel martin.
The novel explores the fraught relationship of gentleman and amateur naturalist charles smithson and sarah woodruff the former governess and independent woman with whom he falls in love. Directed by karel reisz. 5 0 out of 5 stars the french lieutenants woman. Here is a quick description and cover image of book the french lieutenant s woman written by john fowles which was published in 1969.
With meryl streep jeremy irons hilton mcrae emily morgan.