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The Collector (Back Bay Books) Paperback – August 4, 1997
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"A superb novel...Evil has seldom been so sinister." --Time
Hailed as the first modern psychological thriller, The Collector is the internationally bestselling novel that catapulted John Fowles into the front rank of contemporary novelists. This tale of obsessive love--the story of a lonely clerk who collects butterflies and of the beautiful young art student who is his ultimate quarry--remains unparalleled in its power to startle and mesmerize.
"A bravura first novel...As a horror story, this book is a remarkable tour de force." --New Yorker
- Print length320 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBack Bay Books
- Publication dateAugust 4, 1997
- Dimensions5.5 x 1.1 x 8.25 inches
- ISBN-100316290238
- ISBN-13978-0316290234
- Lexile measure670L
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"There is not a page in this first novel which does not prove that its author is a master storyteller."―New York Times Book Review
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- Publisher : Back Bay Books; Reprint edition (August 4, 1997)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0316290238
- ISBN-13 : 978-0316290234
- Lexile measure : 670L
- Item Weight : 11.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 1.1 x 8.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #30,836 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,093 in Classic Literature & Fiction
- #1,938 in Psychological Thrillers (Books)
- #2,985 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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When Frederick wins quite a bit of money in the British football pools, he uses the money to buy a secluded cottage. Frederick seems unimpressed with the seventeenth-century cottage at first, but when he learns that the cottage contains a cellar, his imagination runs way with him. He purchases the cottage with the intention of making the cellar Miranda's new home.
The Collector is a very strange but fascinating story of abduction. The first half of the book is the story of how the kidnapping transpired according to Frederick Clegg. The second half of the book is the story from the victim's point of view.
This kidnapping of Miranda Grey is very unique because with the exception of not being able to leave the Clegg's cottage, Miranda is calling all the shots. Frederick Clegg geniunely believes himself in love with the pretty blonde and believes if he plays his cards right, she just might love him in return.
When Miranda says jump, Frederick jumps. The prisoner has her abductor running from shop to shop trying to find expensive foods, books, and art, his prisoner demands. Miranda realizes Frederick will give her anything her heart desires, except her freedom.
I found Miranda's half of the book especially fascinating, not because it contained her version of the kidnapping, but because of what it revealed about her life before her abduction. Her friendship with an artist she calls GP, forever changed her view of life. While in seclusion, Miranda begins to reevaluate her relationship with GP and her feelings for him and how he changed her.
The Collector is not the type of novel you only read once. I found myself re-reading certain pages even before I finished the book. Miranda's version of the events are not just the account of a young girl held against her will, it is a profound view of life and the desire to live life to the fullest. This novel will move you, disturb you, and haunt you all at once. It is one of the best novels I have ever read.
What I found interesting is that the author is VERY good at hinting at The Collector's mental abnormalities. For instance: The Collector sets up the basement to 'pretend' what it would be like if the college student did live down there. (No one having a fantasy is going to build an entire prison cell and go out and spend a lot of money to furnish it - unless he is serious about making that fantasy a reality Yet the character does not even believe that he will actually go through with it). He sits in a van watching her, with chloroform in his pocket, but thinks to himself that he has no plan to actually abduct the girl. The Collector says he 'has' to do things' or that he 'had' to do things; this demonstrates his sickness because there is no need for someone to 'have to' abduct a young woman. He's old-fashioned in some ways and a sadist in others, but he truly believes he is a good person with high morals. The irony!
The book has four chapters - alternately narrated by the Collector and then in journal/diary form by his prisoner, Miranda. I found that the chapters narrated by The Collector were fascinating in a disturbing sort of way. The ones narrated by her were drawn out and seem to have a lot of impertinent information - until you realize that the act of journaling is her escape from reality & that she will think and write about anything and anyone to pass the time; then it is brilliant.
This was an interesting read, a classic psychological thriller with an ending even more worrisome that the plot itself.
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