The French Lieutenant's Woman - John Fowles

I absolutely love this book, I think it is a must read. Although it is not a simple book you can just pick up, I did it for my A Level and it is very complex for me. But still enjoyable. I could hardly put the book down but others have found it hard to understand. This book is set between March 1867 and the end of May 1869. The story is based on Sarah, a disgraced woman living in Lyme Regis, used by a French Lietenants who returns to wife. She acts like a widow overlooking the Cobb, where Charles first sees her. He fiance Ernestina explains Sarahs story which intrigues Charles. Charles meets Sarah, the wronged woman ...the story continues if i continue i will ...  Read the complete review

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