The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969) (edit title/settings)

Ramon edited the first edition of The French Lieutenant's Woman 3 weeks ago.

• changed the publisher: Little Brown
• changed the country: USA

Ramon edited the classification of The French Lieutenant's Woman 3 weeks ago.

• changed the Library of Congress Classification: PZ4.F788 Fr3 PR6056.O85

Ramon edited the links to supplemental material of The French Lieutenant's Woman 3 weeks ago.

• Removed a link: The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082416/combined) : movies based on the novel

Ramon edited the movie connections of The French Lieutenant's Woman 3 weeks ago.

• Added a movie: The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082416) : Starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons

Ramon edited the page settings of The French Lieutenant's Woman 3 weeks ago.

• Unhid these sections: movie connections

Ramon edited the links to supplemental material of The French Lieutenant's Woman 3 weeks ago.

• Added a link: Book and Film Review (http://nighthawknews.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/top-100-novels-99-the-french-lieutenants-woman-2/) : Like so many great novelists, John Fowles later novels never lived up to his early promise. His best novels were his first three: The Collector, The Magus and The French Lieutenant’s Woman. In the course of less than a decade he moved from a strong short novel that looked inside the mind of a borderline psychotic to a post-modern classic that managed to tell a 19th century novel with the benefit of 20th century hindsight into science, literature, history and psychology. Fowles tells the story of Charles, a gentleman who falls in love with Sarah, the young woman he first sees on The Cobb, the famous rock wall in Lyme Regis, but we get a modern view of these characters: “One of the commonest symptoms of wealth today is destructive neurosis; in his century it was tranquil boredom.” We quickly get an idea of who Charles is, much more so than we will ever truly understand Sarah:

Nicole D (aka Coyotemusic) edited the memorable quotes of The French Lieutenant's Woman Sunday, January 20, 2013.

• Added a quotation: “You will see that Charles set his sights high. Intelligent idlers always have, in order to justify their idleness to their intelligence”
• Added a quotation: “He had thought by his brief gesture and assurance to take the first step towards putting out the fire the doctor had told him he had lit; but when one is oneself the fuel, firefighting is a hopeless task. Sarah was all flame”

Nicole D (aka Coyotemusic) edited the characters of The French Lieutenant's Woman Sunday, January 20, 2013.

• Edited the description of Mrs. Tranter: Ernestina's aunt, a good hearted person

starwolvie approved Backroads’s request to combine 9 books, including The French Lieutenant's Woman, Thursday, December 27, 2012.

Backroads submitted a request to combine 9 books, including The French Lieutenant's Woman, Saturday, December 15, 2012.