The Collector (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: John Fowles
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The early 1960’s
- Setting: London and Lewes, England
- Principal Characters: Miranda Grey, Fredrick Clegg
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, Self-discovery, Crime or criminals, Social issues, Art or artists, Class consciousness, England or English people, Death or dying, London, Painting or painters, Photography or photographers, Kidnapping, Pneumonia, Butterflies
- Locales: London, England, Sussex, England
The Novel
Divided into four parts, the story is told in the first person by Fredrick Clegg (in the first, third, and fourth parts) and Miranda Grey (in the second part); in terms of length, approximately half of the story is Clegg’s, and the other half is Grey’s. Although both characters’ voices are thoroughly believable and original, an unsuspecting reader may be duped by Clegg if he fails to note at the story’s outset the consistent inconsistencies of this murderously neurotic and unreliable narrator.
Clegg’s telling of his story begins after Miranda’s life...
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