An edition of The Collector (1963)

The collector

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An edition of The Collector (1963)

The collector

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  • ★★★★ 4.0 (5 ratings)
  • 184 Want to read
  • 8 Currently reading
  • 21 Have read

Fowles’ stunning debut is a study of a lonely young sociopath who kidnaps the woman he has fixated on, keeping her in his cellar in the belief that she will eventually come to love him. The story is narrated in turns by the young man and his captive, giving two opposing points of view.

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Publisher
Pan Books
Language
English
Pages
282

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Subjects

English Horror tales Butterflies Collection and preservation Fiction Kidnapping Psychopaths Translations into Russian England Mentally ill Crimes against Young women Collectors and collecting British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) Fiction, psychological Art

Places

England

Times

1960s

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Collector
Collector
February 5, 2004, VINTAGE (RAND)
Paperback in English
Cover of: Kollekt͡sioner
Kollekt͡sioner: roman
2003, Izd-vo "AST"
in Russian
Cover of: Der Sammler
Der Sammler: Roman
1988, Rowohlt Taschenbuch
in German
Cover of: The collector
The collector
1986, Pan Books
in English
Cover of: The Collector
The Collector
1986, Pan
Paperback
Cover of: The collector
The collector
1977, Dell Pub. Co.
in English - New Dell ed.
Cover of: The collector.
The collector.
1971, Dell Pub. Co.
in English
Cover of: The Collector
The Collector
1964, Dell Publishing Company
in English
Cover of: The collector.
The collector.
1963, Little, Brown
in English - [1st American ed.]
Cover of: The Collector (First Edition)
The Collector (First Edition)
1963, Little, Brown and Company
in English

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Published in
London

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR6011 .C64

The Physical Object

Pagination
282 p. ;
Number of pages
282

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL14724792M
ISBN 10
044031335X
LibraryThing
7197
Goodreads
1074814

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL15008W

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First Sentence

"WHEN she was home from her boarding-school I used to see her almost every day sometimes, because their house was right opposite the Town Hall Annexe."

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