在作品《法国中尉的女人》中,男主人公查尔斯,32岁,是一位贵族青年,对古生物学和地质学颇有兴趣,他受达尔文学说的影响很深,看到了维多利亚时代的保守和虚伪。在去见未婚妻的路上在莱姆镇偶然遇到了萨拉。查尔斯却被这样一个被法国海军中尉抛弃的神秘姑娘吸引,短短的几次交流中,查尔斯发现萨拉是一位有着__________的女人,查尔斯深深地被萨拉的叛逆吸引了。他摒弃了世俗的偏见,忠于内心,与未婚妻欧内斯蒂娜解除了婚约,与萨拉结合。In the story a wealthy paleontologist Charles Smithson, a supporter of Darwin's evolution theory, falls in love with Sarah Woodruff. She is __________, who is believed to have been deserted by a French naval lieutenant. This affair has ostracized her from society. Another woman in Charles's life is Ernestina Freeman, whose conformity contrasts to Sarah's rebelliousness.