The French Lieutenant's Woman The French Lieutenant's Woman The French Lieutenant's Woman is a 1969 postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles. It was his third published novel, after "The Collector" (1963) and "The Magus" (1965). The novel explores the fraught relationship of gentleman and amateur naturalist Charles Smithson and Sarah Woodruff, the former governess and independent woman with whom he falls in love. The novel builds on Fowles' authority in Victorian literature, both following and critiquing many of the conventions of period novels. Following publication, the library magazine "American Libraries," described the novel as one of the "Notable Books of 1969". Subsequent to
Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman the novel's 1997 publication. "Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman" has been called "Walter Miller's other novel." Reviewer Steven H. Silver points out that this "... is not to say that "Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman" does not deserve to be read. It is a fantastic novel, only suffering in comparison to Miller's earlier work." Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (1997) is a science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller, Jr. It is a follow-up to Miller's 1959 book "A Canticle for Leibowitz". Miller wrote the