The FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN by John Fowles - 1969 Vintage Hardcover Book - Etsy Best Price - Wonderful Classic Romance Novel; Great Gift!
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The FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN by John Fowles - Vintage 1969 Hardcover Book -
Etsy Best Price - Wonderful Classic Romance Novel; Great Gift!NEW condition hardcover vintage book. Wonderful classic romance novel; great gift! We ship fast and safe worldwide every day. See publisher details below...Purchases of $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping! Buy more from our store and save $$$....Synopsis (details)Perhaps the most beloved of John Fowles's internationally bestselling works, The French Lieutenant's Woman is a feat of seductive storytelling that effectively invents anew the Victorian novel. "Filled with enchanting mysteries and magically erotic possibilities" (New York Times), the novel inspired the hugely successful 1981 film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons and is today universally regarded as a modern classic.The scene is the village of Lyme Regis on Dorset's Lyme Bay..."the largest bite from the underside of England's out-stretched southwestern leg." The major characters in the love-intrigue triangle are Charles Smithson, thirty-two, a gentleman of independent means and vaguely scientific bend; his fiancee, Ernestina Freemen, a pretty heiress daughter of a wealthy and pompous dry goods merchant; and Sarah Woodruff, mysterious and fascinating...deserted after a brief affair with a French naval officer a short time before the story begins. Obsessed with an irresistible fascination for the enigmatic Sarah, Charles is hurtled by a moment of consummated lust to the brink of the existential void. Duty dictates that his engagement to Tina must be broken as he goes forth once again to seek the women who has captured his Victorian soul and gentleman's heart.Hardcover: 467 pages Publisher: Little Brown; third printing (June 1, 1969) Language: English ISBN-10: 0316290998 ISBN-13: 978-0316290999 Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.8 x 9.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Etsy Best Price - Wonderful Classic Romance Novel; Great Gift!NEW condition hardcover vintage book. Wonderful classic romance novel; great gift! We ship fast and safe worldwide every day. See publisher details below...Purchases of $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping! Buy more from our store and save $$$....Synopsis (details)Perhaps the most beloved of John Fowles's internationally bestselling works, The French Lieutenant's Woman is a feat of seductive storytelling that effectively invents anew the Victorian novel. "Filled with enchanting mysteries and magically erotic possibilities" (New York Times), the novel inspired the hugely successful 1981 film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons and is today universally regarded as a modern classic.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 major characters in the love-intrigue triangle are Charles Smithson, thirty-two, a gentleman of independent means and vaguely scientific bend; his fiancee, Ernestina Freemen, a pretty heiress daughter of a wealthy and pompous dry goods merchant; and Sarah Woodruff, mysterious and fascinating...deserted after a brief affair with a French naval officer a short time before the story begins. Obsessed with an irresistible fascination for the enigmatic Sarah, Charles is hurtled by a moment of consummated lust to the brink of the existential void. Duty dictates that his engagement to Tina must be broken as he goes forth once again to seek the women who has captured his Victorian soul and gentleman's heart.Hardcover: 467 pages Publisher: Little Brown; third printing (June 1, 1969) Language: English ISBN-10: 0316290998 ISBN-13: 978-0316290999 Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.8 x 9.5 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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