The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Author: John Fowles
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, 32, a gentleman of independent means & vaguely scientific bent; his fiancée, Ernestina Freeman, a pretty heiress daughter of a wealthy & pompous dry goods me….Read More
11 Books Similar to The French Lieutenant’s Woman
A Passage To India
When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape… Continue Reading Posted in: British Social Life And Customs, English Fiction, Race Relations
The Collector
Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. When he wins the pools he buys a remote… Continue Reading Posted in: Horror Fiction Classics, Horror Suspense, Mystery And Detective Fiction Great Britain, Psychological Fiction, Women Art Students
Lemprière’s Dictionary
As the seventeenth century opens, a band of venturers forms the Honourable Company of Merchants trading from England to the East Indies. In France, the siege of La Rochelle ends… Continue Reading Posted in: Biographical Literary Fiction, English Fiction, Financial Thrillers, History, Lexicographers
The Jewel in the Crown
___________________NOW A BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA DRAMATISATION STARRING ANNA MAXWELL MARTIN AND PRASANNA PUWANARAJAH___________________BOOK ONE OF THE RAJ QUARTETIndia 1942: everything is in flux. World War II has shown that… Continue Reading Posted in: English Literature, History
A Maggot
In his prologue, John Fowles tells us that A Maggot began as a vision he had of five travellers riding with mysterious purpose through remote countryside. This image gives way… Continue Reading Posted in: English Fiction, Murder, Psychological Fiction, Psychological Literary Fiction
Ironweed
Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he left Albany in a hurry after killing a scab during a trolley workers' strike. He ran away… Continue Reading Posted in: 1945, Family Saga Fiction, Irish, Literary Fiction, Short Stories
The English Patient
The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining patient. Rescued by… Continue Reading Posted in: 1939 1945, Canada, Contemporary Literature & Fiction, English Fiction, World War
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.