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Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. A chance pools win enables him to capture the art student Miranda and keep her in the cellar of the Sussex house he has bought with the windfall. The situation is seen first from the collectors point of view: he thinks the chloroform pad no more vicious than his butterfly net, and patiently waits for the barriers of class and taste that inhibit their love to break down in the limbo of their isolation. She, the creator, desperate for her freedom, tries to be understanding but cannot banish her comtempt for everything anti-life that the collector stands for.
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The Collector, John Fowles
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- Released
- 1998
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- Title
- The Collector
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Fowles
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 009974371X
- ISBN13
- 9780099743712
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Classics, Suspense, Horror, USA, American Literature, Gifts for men, England, Psychological Thrillers, English Literature, Adapted for Film, Kidnappings, American South, Despair, Butterflies, Inferiority Complex
- First published
- 1963
- Original title
- The Collector
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. A chance pools win enables him to capture the art student Miranda and keep her in the cellar of the Sussex house he has bought with the windfall. The situation is seen first from the collectors point of view: he thinks the chloroform pad no more vicious than his butterfly net, and patiently waits for the barriers of class and taste that inhibit their love to break down in the limbo of their isolation. She, the creator, desperate for her freedom, tries to be understanding but cannot banish her comtempt for everything anti-life that the collector stands for.