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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Smithson canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Fictional character
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Literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The French Lieutenant’s Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
Class and social convention
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Free will and determinism ⓘ Sexual repression ⓘ Victorian morality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTo | Plot of The French Lieutenant’s Woman ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
Conflicted
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Intellectually curious ⓘ |
| createdBy | John Fowles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagedTo | Ernestina Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationOfWork | 1969 ⓘ |
| gender | Male ⓘ |
| genre | Postmodern historical fiction character ⓘ |
| literaryRole | Protagonist ⓘ |
| loveTriangleWith |
Ernestina Freeman
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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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