Book description
Charles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as
she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis, staring out to sea. Charles
falls in love, but Sarah is a digraced woman, and their romance will
defy all the stifling conventions of the Victorian age.
Meryl Streep received her third Oscar nomination for her portrayal
of Sarah in the 1981 film, which was adapted for the screen by Harold Pinter.
John Fowles was born in England in 1926 and educated at Bedford
School and Oxford University. John Fowles won international recognition
with his first published title. THE COLLECTOR (1963). He was immediately
acclaimed as an outstandingly innovative writer of exceptional
imaginative power and this reputation was confirmed with the appearance
of his subsequent works. John Fowles died in 2005.
