The French Lieutenant's Woman, written in 1969 and arguably Fowles's most famous novel, was set in Lyme Regis and was made into a film starring MerylStreep and JeremyIrons in 1981.
It brings together JeremyIrons, MerylStreep, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas, and Vanessa Redgrave and insures that, without exception, they all give their worst performances ever.