The Collector
$19.54
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2004
Summary
Three of John Fowles’ most popular novels, rejacketed with a vibrant new modern design
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY EVIE WYLD
‘There is not a page in this first novel which does not prove that its author is 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Weird, withdrawn, and unloved, Fred is a young collector of butterflies.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. So when Fred wins some money he decides to use the mon…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099470472 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099470470 |
| Author: | John Fowles, Evie Wyld |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2004 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
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Critics Review
“Brilliant. An artist of great imaginative power.” -Sunday Times
He has a magnificent narrative gift…brilliant * Independent *
A brilliant, unusual theme… Short and spare and direct, an intelligent thriller with psychological and social overtones * Sunday Times *
Brilliant…an artist of great imaginative power * Sunday Times *
No book will make you appreciate the great outdoors more than this creepy locked-room horror story * Guardian *
There is not a page in this first novel which does not prove that its author is a master storyteller * New York Times *
About The Author
John Fowles
John Fowles was born in 1926. He won international recognition with The Collector, his first published title, in 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- The Aristos, The Magus, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, The Ebony Tower, Daniel Martin, Mantissa, and A Maggot. John Fowles died in Lyme Regis in 2005. Two volumes of his Journals have recently been published; the first in 2003, the second in 2006.
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