{"product_id":"the-french-lientenants-women","title":"The French Lientenant's Women","description":"Sarah Woodruff (aka the French Lieutenant's Woman) is a complex, character. Covered by a veil of mystery throughout the first half of the book. Her pain, her selfless sacrifice, and her courage are powerfully drawn. She is a woman ahead of her time, who challenges the norms of her society by simply ignoring them. Her confidence and her quiet scorn for the Puritanism of the times in which she lives raise her to a level above the so-called moral leaders who condemn her. THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN, written in the late 1960s but set a hundred years earlier, is a beautiful example of period literature. Fowles, through his remarkable narrative voice, recreates the world of Victorian England in such a way that if it weren't for the occasional references to modern life you might think the book was a century older than it is. It is filled with all the pomp and formality you would expect, but also with a wit, dry humour, and quiet mocking of the period that lend it added flavour.\"\r\nThe French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles. The plot 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. The novel builds on Fowles's authority in Victorian literature, both following and critiquing many of the conventions of period novels.","brand":"Guild Publishing London","offers":[{"title":"Fine \/ 06ad1fa32db","offer_id":48067869442199,"sku":"TR20250422A-FN-000110001","price":15.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/9002\/8951\/files\/384233189.jpg?v=1785053404","url":"https:\/\/thriftreads.co.nz\/products\/the-french-lientenants-women","provider":"Thrift Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}