Year 12 ATAR Literature
The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
Biography
Biographical information and critique
Biographical information
Biographical information and critical analysis
“Or perhaps I am trying to pass off a concealed book of essays on you. Instead of chapter headings, perhaps I should have written ‘On the Horizontality of Existence’, ‘The Illusions of Progress’, ‘The History of the Novel Form’, ‘The Aetiology of Freedom’, ‘Some Forgotten Aspects of the Victorian Age’… what you will.” (Fowles, 2004, p. 95)
Darwinism
Marxism
Existentialism
Victorian Era
“Next year we shall open emporia in Bristol and Birmingham.”(Fowles, p.288) stated Freeman to Smithson, who stood to inherit a great fortune through his marriage to Ernestina.
This provides an interesting overview of Fowles’ work and attitude to success and criticism of his literary efforts.
John Robert Fowles [image]. (2019). Retrieved from https://images.app.goo.gl/VQN6Ut63fSqkgoGYA
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Fowles, J. (2004). The French Lieutenant’s Woman. New York, NY: Random House.