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472571199. The Collector is a 1963 thriller novel by English author John Fowles, in his literary debut. Its plot follows a lonely young man who kidnaps a female art student in London and holds her captive in the cellar of his rural farmhouse. Divided in two sections, the novel contains both the perspective of the captor, Frederick, and that of ...
Jul 29, 2012 · In late 1960 Fowles completed the first draft of The Collector in just four weeks. He continued to revise it until the summer of 1962, when he submitted it to a publisher; it appeared in the spring of 1963 and was an immediate best-seller. The critical acclaim and commercial success of the book allowed Fowles to devote all of his time to writing.
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Dec 1, 2012 · The Collector. Kindle Edition. "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 ...
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Aug 4, 1997 · The Collector (Back Bay Books) Paperback – August 4, 1997. "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 ...
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Aug 4, 1997 · The Collector is a work of art….It both stirs the mind and satisfies. —New Republic. Honor Tracy. A bravura first novel….As a horror story, the book is a remarkable tour de force. —New Yorker. Whitney Balliett. What happens is both symbolic and all too real, beautiful and sickening at once…as resonant as a myth. —National Review ...
John Fowles. Little, Brown, Dec 1, 2012 - Fiction - 320 pages. "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 ...
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 ...
