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Newest Review: ... of this time I still struggled with many aspects and this is down to the narrator. I had many `arguments' with the narrator ... more

 ... whilst I was reading as I didn't like some of the styles. The reader is presented with a narrator that is telling us a story as he is writing it but when he comes to a certain point where a character might do something he precedes to tell the reader he doesn't know what will happen as his character hasn't grown yet, or later on in the novel he'll say a character has developed and is making their own mind up about something. It was too contrived for me and made it easy to not have to fully develop the plot and chara...more

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The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles: Difficult to follow in many places (320 words)
by - written on 26/10/08 (Useful, 43 readings)
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I couldn't establish if the author was actually the narrator. There is a point where the narrator describes himself and it matches the picture of the author hence my confusion. The novel is set in 1867 in Lyme Regis. If you are a reader of Victorian literature then you'll understand the social set ups and class systems but even though I have read novels of this time I still struggled with many aspects and this is down to the narrator. I had many `arguments' with the narrator whilst I was reading as I didn't like some of the styles. The reader is presented with a narrator that is telling us a story as he is writing it but when he comes to a certain point where ...  Read the complete review

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