THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT'S WOMAN: A Screenplay.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1981.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Th e s c r e e n p l a y f o r t h e f i l m s t a r r i n g J e r e m y I r o n s a n d M e r y l S t r e e p . F o w l e s in his introduction states that Pinter's screenplay is not just another 'version' of his novel, but a work that stands on its own as skilful, dramatic and original. Fowles n a r r a t e s t h e s t o r y f r o m b o t h a m i d - n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y a n d a m o d e r n p o i n t o f v i e w; P i n t e r makes the leap of a d d ing t o t h e original story s c e n e s f r o m a c o n t e m p o r a r y a f f a i r b e t w e e n a m o v i e a c t o r a n d a c t r e s s w h o a r e p l a y i n g t h e n o v e l '