Title: The Collector
First published: June 1983
Description: 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.
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
Time periods: 1960s