John Fowles, perhaps the greatest living master of English literature, is a writer who attracts attention with his skill in creating narratives, his striking style and his experimentalism. These features reach a perfect combination in The French Lieutenant's Woman, which we can without exaggeration count as one of the best novels of the century. First of all, the author creates an extraordinarily successful atmosphere; he reveals with all clarity what it means to live in the Victorian era. Then he creates a unique mystery; when the book is finished. This is a mystery that does not lose any of its mystery even in the world. And finally, with a wise and extremely intelligent essayist style that immediately convinces you of its wisdom, it fleshes out the human abstraction of existentialism seeking authenticity and freedom, but does not refrain from questioning the role of god-narrator. Fowles is one of the most conservative periods in world history. The novel appeals to the reader with a contrary love story from the Victorian age, when everything, especially literature, was subject to strict rules and a sense of duty. The novel owes its success largely to its exquisite dialogues and the tension between the two characters, in a time when women's duties were limited to submission and having children. Sarah, the heroine of the novel, immediately becomes the center of attraction of the novel with her incredible power of intuition, passion for freedom and love for the aesthetic. Sarah is a free woman who does not hesitate to do whatever it takes to love, regardless of social codes. The male hero, Charles, is an experienced aristocrat; But he is someone who has difficulty striking the balance between experience and what is expected of an aristocrat. After meeting Sarah, this knife-edge balance is shattered. Charles is forced to make a choice between the demands of the social status of his age, his circle of friends, and the search for Transcendence and Authenticity, in a word, Freedom, which passes through love... Those who are aware of the unique pleasure of reading novels, For those who miss reading books that shake their spines, as Nabokov put it, and who want to go on a real love journey... The French Lieutenant's Woman is not only one of the best historical novels written this century, but also the most mysterious and logical love novel I have ever read in my life... Read it... Orhan Pamuk
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Details Publications |
Number of pages |
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480 |
Publication Year |
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2016 |
ISBN |
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9789755390758 |
Translator |
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Aslı Biçen |
The heart |
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Turkish |