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A postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles, published in 1969. It explores the love affair of a gentleman and a former governess in Victorian England, and features metafictional elements and gender issues.
A 1981 British romantic drama film based on John Fowles's novel, starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. The film intercuts two parallel stories of Victorian and modern love affairs, with different outcomes.
A 1981 drama film based on John Fowles' novel, starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons as actors and characters in a 19th century love story. The film explores themes of fate, free will, and parallel narratives, and features stunning cinematography and music.
- (15K)
- Drama, Romance
- Karel Reisz
- 1981-10-16
A film adaptation of John Fowles's novel that uses parallel stories of Victorian and modern lovers to create ambiguity and irony. Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons star as the actors and the characters they play, while Harold Pinter and Karel Reisz direct.
In this story-within-a-story, Anna (Meryl Streep) is an actress starring opposite Mike (Jeremy Irons) in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters,...
- (29)
- Karel Reisz
- R
- Meryl Streep
Learn about the 1969 novel by John Fowles that blends historical romance and postmodernism. The novel explores the themes of Victorian England, gender roles, and free will through three different endings.
LitCharts offers a comprehensive guide to John Fowles's postmodern novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman, set in Victorian England. Find summaries, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, symbols, and more.
