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John Fowles
John Robert Fowles was an English novelist of international renown, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work was influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others.
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Synopsis
In 1867, amateur naturalist Charles Smithson is engaged to a wealthy woman but finds himself drawn to Sarah Woodruff, a social outcast known as the French Lieutenant's Woman. As he becomes obsessed with her mysterious past, he must choose between Victorian respectability and a dangerous passion. This story famously breaks the fourth wall to explore how we view history and the choices we make.