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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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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, psychologicalPlaces
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The Collector (Back Bay Books)
August 4, 1997, Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company
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in English
0316290238 9780316290234
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The Collector
December 1996, Chivers Audio Books
Audio Cassette
in English
- Unabridged edition
0745127703 9780745127705
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El Coleccionista
June 1983, Aims Intl Books Corp
Paperback
in Spanish
- Spanish edition
8401490316 9788401490316
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The collector
1976, Triad Panther, HarperCollins Distribution Services
in English
0586044264 9780586044261
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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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Pace 1
Medium paced
100%
Genres 1
Fiction
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Horror
50%
Mood 1
Melancholy
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Emotional
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Sad
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Dark
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Lonely
16%
Gloomy
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Recommend
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Purpose 1
Entertainment
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September 17, 2023 | Edited by bitnapper | merge authors |
September 1, 2021 | Edited by Jenner | Merge works |
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April 25, 2011 | Edited by OCLC Bot | Added OCLC numbers. |
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