An edition of The Collector (1900)

The collector

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An edition of The Collector (1900)

The collector

by

  • ★★★★ 4.33 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 138 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 18 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
Triad Panther, HarperCollins Distribution Services
Language
English
Pages
287

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Previews available in: English Spanish

Subjects
English Horror tales, Butterflies, Collection and preservation, Fiction, Kidnapping, Psychopaths, Mentally ill, Crimes against, Young women, Collectors and collecting, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Psychological fiction, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, English fiction, Thrillers, Fiction, psychological
Places
England
Times
1960s

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Cover of: Collector
Collector
February 5, 2004, VINTAGE (RAND)
Paperback in English
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Cover of: The Collector (Back Bay Books)
The Collector (Back Bay Books)
August 4, 1997, Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company
Paperback in English
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Cover of: The Collector
The Collector
1986, Pan, Pan Books
Paperback
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The collector
1986, Pan Books
in English
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Cover of: El Coleccionista
El Coleccionista
June 1983, Aims Intl Books Corp
Paperback in Spanish - Spanish edition
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The collector
1977, Dell Pub. Co.
in English - New Dell ed.
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The collector
1976, Triad Panther, HarperCollins Distribution Services
in English
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Cover of: The collector.
The collector.
1971, Dell Pub. Co.
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The collector.
1963, Little, Brown
in English - [1st American ed.]
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Book Details

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St. Albans

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR6056O85 C6 1976

The Physical Object

Pagination
287 p.
Number of pages
287

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22354634M
Internet Archive
collector000fowl
ISBN 10
0586044264
Library Thing
7197
Goodreads
1074813

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"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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