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John Fowles (1926-2005) was an English novelist of international stature, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work reflects the influence of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Fter leaving Oxford University, Fowles taught English at a school on the Greek island of Spetses, a sojourn that inspired The Magus, an instant bestseller that was in tune with 1960s experimental philosophy. This was followed by The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969), a Victorian-era romance with a postmodern twist that was set in Lyme Regis, Dorset, where Fowles lived for much of his life.

John Fowles (1926-2005) was an English novelist of international stature, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work reflects the influence of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. After leaving Oxford University, Fowles taught English at a school on the Greek island of Spetses, a sojourn that inspired The Magus, an instant bestseller that was in tune with 1960s experimental philosophy.

John Fowles (1926-2005) was an English novelist of international stature, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. After leaving Oxford University, Fowles taught English at a school on the Greek island of Spetses, a sojourn that inspired The Magus, an instant bestseller that was in tune with 1960s experimental philosophy. His work reflects the influence of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus.

The Collector is the 1963 debut novel by English author John Fowles It was adapted as a feature film of the same name in 1965 he novel is about a lonely young man, Frederick Clegg, who works as a clerk in a city hall and collects butterflies in his spare time.

The first part of the novel tells the story from his point of view legg is obsessed with Miranda Grey, a middle-class art student at the Slade School of Fine Art He admires her from a distance but is unable to make any contact with her because he lacks social skills.

Ne day, he wins a large prize in the football pools He quits his job and buys an isolated house in the countryside e feels lonely, however, and wants to be with Miranda.

Unable to make any normal contact, Clegg decides to add her to his collection of pretty, petrified objects, in the hope that if he keeps her captive long enough, she will grow to love him ublished to wide acclaim, The Collector is one of the most harrowing novels ever written Here graced with a deluxe hardcover treatment, with a suite of original wood engravings by Vladimir Zimakov and a new afterword by Laird Barron, this oversize edition, at 7 × 10 inches, matches the other classic novels in our horror series his one does not have a dustjacket but rather a full cloth binding, two-color spine stamping, blindstamped front board, top-edge stain, thick cream paper, a unique fold-out title page, ribbon marker, and signature page Limited to just 100 copies for sale, and praised as one of the finest horror novels ever written, edition information.

Edition Details

• Limited to 100 copies, each signed by Laird Barron and Vladimir Zimakov.
• Bound in full black cloth.
• Sumptuous page design.
• Ribbon marker.
• Top edge stain.
• Head and tail bands.
• Cloth slipcase.

External Links

• The Collector. Centipede Press page for The Collector
• John Fowles (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for John Fowles