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The Collector - John Fowles

 
Description: ISBN 0099470470 / Author: John Fowles / Genre: Fiction / Written by the author of The French Lieutenant's Woman, Mantissa and The Magus, ... more
The Collector - John Fowles ... this is the story of a lonely young man whose sole interest is collecting butterflies - until he wins the pools - and then he begins collecting girls.

Newest Review: ... snob. He looks at other people and feels disgust at the way they talk, how they spend their lives and how they treat him. ... more

 ... Frederick has done nothing to help himself. He is aloof with colleagues and turns his nose up at anything which is not part of his world. Curious then, that he should develop an obsession with Miranda, a young art student from his home town. After winning the pools, Frederick moves up to London where he stays in a hotel until everything has calmed down. However, he spots Miranda, now studying at the Slade, and devises a dramatic plan to be with her. Frederick is clearly a confused young man. He sees everything in...more

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Premium Review The Collector - John Fowles: Add this to your collection (1015 words)
by - written on 09/01/06 (Very useful, 1491 readings)
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Having read and loved another John Fowles novel, "The French Lieutenant's Woman", I saw this in a second hand bookshop and thought I would give it a try. I was aware that the author had written a book called "The Collector" but know nothing more than that so I was surprised when, halfway through the book, I mentioned to a fellow book enthusiast that I was reading it and was captivated. "Oh, The Collector" he said. "A tremendous book". He went on to talk about it at great length and with much passion. It seems that this is a "growing-up text" on a par with such works as "Catcher in the Rye". Does it ...  Read the complete review

MartynColebrook
Premium Review The jailor or the jailed? (244 words)
by - written on 23/03/02 (Very useful, 202 readings)
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The Collector has got to be one of the finest psychological studies I have read to date. Based around the relationship between Frederick Clegg and his prisoner, Miranda Grey, a middle-class college art student with whom Clegg has become obsessed. Far better than any detective or crime thriller, Fowles revels in highlighting the fine line between the captive and the jailer. Having kidnapped Miranda as she walks home from school, Clegg then proceeds to worship and idolise her, placing her on a pedestal and lavishing her with gifts and whatever material objects she desires. The only desire he refuses is that of freedom. Like the butterflies he collects and studies, ...  Read the complete review

sue26
Premium Review The Collector - John Fowles: Butterflies are not his only agenda (825 words)
by - written on 17/08/01 (Very useful, 292 readings)
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This is an extremely difficult book to describe and still do it justice. Although on the surface is seems quite a simple storyline, and is very easy to get into, it is quite complicated. A lot of thought has gone into the characters, their feelings and their personalities and how they alter quite dramatically as the story unfolds. The front cover of the book depicts a collection of butterflies and the book is called the collector, so judging a book by it`s cover I would never have bought this for myself. This was actually bought as a gift for me about nine years ago. The term collector has a much more sinister meaning in this novel and I`m not too sure ...  Read the complete review

 

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