"Joining others in the 'Reader's Guide' series for supplemental literary study is this focus on The French Lieutenant's Woman, a novel often assigned as a complex modern classic for college-level audiences.  College-level collections will find this an excellent starting point for classroom debates and discussions of the novel, offering analysis of key themes, social issues, and critical points of interest." ... Read more—Midwest Book Review, March 2008 "College-level collections will find this an excellent starting point for classroom debates and discussions of the novel, offering analysis of key themes, social issues, and critical points of interest." —James A. Cox (James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief Midwest Book Review), Internet Bookwatch, March 2008
James A. Cox ‘Students will be particularly grateful for this clear and detailed account of an impressive range of the novel's contexts, its stylistic aspects, and critical approaches to it, giving help with reading the novel itself as well as conveniently packaging the bewildering variety of readers' responses it has elicited. It packs a lot into its 128 pages.'
Oxford Journals 'In-depth and well-written account of John Fowles [giving] a new perspective on his novels' Amazon.co.uk review of Stephenson's book on Fowles in the Writers and their Work series.
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