The Collector
1963 thriller novel by John Fowles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see The Collector (disambiguation).
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 Miranda, the captive. The portion of the novel told from Miranda's perspective is presented in epistolary form.
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Author | John Fowles |
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Cover artist | Tom Adams |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Thriller |
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Publication date | May 1963 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 283 (first edition) |
OCLC | 472571199 |
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Fowles wrote the novel between November 1960 and March 1962. It was adapted into an Academy Award–nominated feature film of the same name in 1965 starring Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar.