Something about John Fowles - HERE
DID YOU KNOW THAT JOHN FOWLES...?
* never learnt how to drive a car?
* started an affair with a married woman - Elizabeth Christy - who later became his wife?
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STUDY QUESTIONS - THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT' S WOMAN
1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel.
2. Characterize the main characters. Compare Ernestina Freeman with Sarah Woodruff.
3. What are the 2 main story lines?
4. Define the narrative strategy used by Fowles in the novel. How many narrators are there?
5. Comment on the narrator' s relationship to his characters.
6. Comment on the narrator' s relationship to the reader.
7. What is the setting of the novel?
8. What tone is employed in the narrative?
9. What is the function of the quotations at the beginning of each chapter?
10. Name and discuss the experimental features within the text.
11. Discuss the endings the book offers? How many alternatives does the narrator provide? Which one would you prefer and why? Why does the narrator end the book in different ways?
12. Comment on the genre of the novel.
