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The collector

Fowles, John, 1926-20052004
Books, Manuscripts
Review: "Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs.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 collector's point of view: he thinks the choroform 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 the limbo of their isolation. She, the creator, desperate for her freedom, tries to understand him but cannot banish her contempt for everything anti-life that he stands for." -- Back cover.
Main title:
The collector / John Fowles.
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2004.
Collation:
282 p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 1963.
ISBN:
9780099470472 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
BRN:
265749
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