Charles Smithson

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Charles Smithson is a wealthy, intellectually curious Victorian gentleman whose conflicted engagement and attraction to the enigmatic Sarah Woodruff drive the central drama of John Fowles’s novel "The French Lieutenant’s Woman."

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instanceOf Fictional character
Literary character
appearsIn The French Lieutenant’s Woman NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme Class and social convention
Free will and determinism
Sexual repression
Victorian morality NERFINISHED
centralTo Plot of The French Lieutenant’s Woman
characterTrait Conflicted
Intellectually curious
createdBy John Fowles NERFINISHED
engagedTo Ernestina Freeman NERFINISHED
firstPublicationOfWork 1969
gender Male
genre Postmodern historical fiction character
literaryRole Protagonist
loveTriangleWith Ernestina Freeman NERFINISHED
Sarah Woodruff NERFINISHED
medium Novel
narrativeFunction Embodies conflict between Victorian convention and personal desire
nationality English
occupation Gentleman
romanticallyAttractedTo Sarah Woodruff NERFINISHED
setting Lyme Regis NERFINISHED
socialClass Wealthy
timePeriod Victorian era NERFINISHED

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