The Collector

John Fowles

Oct 2010 · Random House

About this ebook

'Brilliant' Sunday Times

'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Weird, withdrawn, and unloved, Fred is a young collector of butterflies.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.

When Fred wins some money, he uses it to compensate for his unfair start in life and to get what he really wants: Miranda. If she could only get to know him, she might start to love him. And so, with the meticulous attention to detail of an experienced collector he calmly plans her abduction.

The bestselling, debut novel that ignited John Fowles literary career, The Collector is a truly terrifying portrait of dark and twisted villain.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY EVIE WYLD

Ratings and reviews

This started as a real page turner ( I read it in one day). The reason though for reading it so quickly was because part 2 of the book ruined it and I skimmed through most of it. A real shame hence the 3 stars.

started slow and ended fast. I don't read much, so bear that in mind. I found the language and the writing easy to read, there weren't loads of words I had to look up, and it was written plainly.

"Some men just want to watch the world burn." Is probably a sentence that best represents this book to me. One of my memorable books in my life, which is just 18 years as of now, but I'm sure I'll be reflecting off from this book throughout my life.

About the author

John Fowles was born in England in 1926 and educated at Bedford School and Oxford University. John Fowles won international recognition with his first published title, The Collector (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. John Fowles died in 2005.