约翰·福尔斯把女性主义理论运用于小说《法国中尉的女人》,从男性作家的女性视角建构维多利亚时代三位不同社会阶层的女性人物身份。萨拉是一个具有双重身份的女性;欧内斯蒂娜是一个理想妻子的原型;玛丽是一个普通平民的原型。福尔斯从20世纪社会性别视角,探索维多利亚时代不同阶级女性形象的多样化,揭示维多利亚时代妇女解放的社会价值和生存背景。 John Fors applies the theory of feminism to the novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman and constructs the identities of females in three different social strata in the Victorian era from the female perspective of male writers. Sarah is a double identity woman; Ernestina is the prototype of an ideal wife; Mary is a prototype of an ordinary civilian. From the perspective of gender in the twentieth century, False explores the diversity of women of different classes in the Victorian era and reveals the social values ​​and survival background of women’s liberation in the Victorian era.