福尔斯的小说《法国中尉的女人》一问世就引起了评论界的强烈反响,以其深刻的主题,独特的叙述结构备受学者和批评家的青睐成为后现代主义的经典之作。本文拟以存在主义哲学的相关理论为依据,以小说中的主要人物为研究对象,通过他们各自性格命运的分析,以体现追求自由对小说中人物的重要人生意义以及在追求自由的过程中,彼此之间相互影响的关系。 As soon as the publication of the novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman appeared in the critical circle of critics, his profound theme and unique narrative structure were favored by scholars and critics as postmodernist classics. Based on the related theories of existentialism philosophy, taking the main characters in the novel as the research object, through the analysis of their own personality and fate, in order to embody the important life meaning of pursuing freedom for the characters in the novel and the pursuit of freedom, Mutual influence between each other.