The Collector - John Fowles • BookLikes (ISBN:0099470470)

The Collector

by: John Fowles (author)

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Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Alone and... show more

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780099470472 (0099470470)

Publish date: 21-10-1998

Publisher: Vintage

Pages no: 282

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Novels, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Mystery, Contemporary, Thriller, Crime, Horror

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KatieMc rated it

9 years ago

http://KatieMc.booklikes.com KatieMc 3.0 The Collector

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Creepy. I distinctly enjoyed Frederick's POV (he's the collector) over Miranda's (she's the collectee).

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The Primroses Were Over rated it

9 years ago

http://Hyzie.booklikes.com The Primroses Were Over 3.0 The Collector

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This book has been showing up for ages on every list of things I ought to read practically ever, so after a few glowing reviews from people I actually knew, I decided it was probably time to read it. It is supposed to be the first real psychological thriller, and on that count it does seem to succee...

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Read All The Things! Reviews rated it

9 years ago

http://ashleysterkel.booklikes.com Read All The Things! Reviews 3.5 The Collector

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I loved half of this book and disliked the other half. The Collector is a classic horror story that has influenced many modern-day horror novels. In this book, a shy butterfly collector wins a bunch of money. He uses it to buy a house in the English countryside. He then turns the house’s cellar in...

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Mommy, am I cult? rated it

9 years ago

http://amandaalexandre5.booklikes.com Mommy, am I cult? 4.0 The Collector

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I HATE THIS BOOK SO MUCH.But it's a good hate. The kind of hate every interesting author wants to create in sensitive readers.It's hateful and inevitably GOOD. Just the kind of book I'd love to write someday.

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Rabbit Reads rated it

9 years ago

http://rabbit.booklikes.com Rabbit Reads 4.0 The Collector

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This was fun. A twisted fun. I mean this book is fucked up, in a vintage pulp fiction way. The writing was actually decent, hence the 4 star rating. Also the ending was fucked up, I will say one thing there is no happy ending, but life doesn't always have a happy ending especially in these circumsta...

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