The French Lieutenant’s WomanClassic · Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
1969 · 470 pages · Fiction
42
Classic
★ 3.89 on Goodreads · 57K ratings
≈ 12 hours to read · about 3 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
On the TIME All-TIME 100 Novels list. 3.89★ from 57K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
42Must-Read Score
- Critics49 out of 100 · counts 35%+19
- Readers40 out of 100 · counts 50%+23
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.
Where it ranks
- #163 of the 256 historical novels we rank
- #220 of the 296 classics we rank
- #815 of the 1,344 books we rank
On the lists
- TIME All-TIME 100 Novels
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