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The Collector
John Fowles
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Description for The Collector
Paperback. Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY EVIE WYLD
'There is not a page in this first novel which does not prove that its author is a master storyteller' New York Times
Weird, withdrawn, and unloved, Fred is a young collector of butterflies. One day his eye alights on a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda, and an obsession starts to form. So when Fred wins some money he decides to use the money to compensate for his unfair start and to get what he really wants - Miranda. If she could only get to know him she might start ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099470472
SKU
V9780099470472
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-40
About John Fowles
John Fowles was born in 1926. He won international recognition with The Collector, his first published title, in 1963. He was immediately acclaimed as an outstandingly innovative writer of exceptional imaginative power, and this reputation was confirmed with the appearance of his subsequent works: The Aristos, The Magus, The French Lieutenant's Woman, The Ebony Tower, Daniel Martin, Mantissa, and A ... Read more
Reviews for The Collector
He has a magnificent narrative gift...brilliant
Independent
A brilliant, unusual theme... Short and spare and direct, an intelligent thriller with psychological and social overtones
Sunday Times
Brilliant...an artist of great imaginative power
Sunday Times
No book will make you appreciate the great outdoors more than this creepy locked-room horror story
Guardian
There ... Read more
Independent
A brilliant, unusual theme... Short and spare and direct, an intelligent thriller with psychological and social overtones
Sunday Times
Brilliant...an artist of great imaginative power
Sunday Times
No book will make you appreciate the great outdoors more than this creepy locked-room horror story
Guardian
There ... Read more