The Collector John Fowles

Its plot follows a lonely psychotic young man who kidnaps a female art student in london and holds her captive in the cellar of his rural farmhouse.

The collector john fowles. Its plot follows a young englishman who stalks a beautiful art student before abducting and holding her captive in the basement of his rural farmhouse. It is based on the 1963 novel of the same title by john fowles with the screenplay adapted by stanley mann and john kohn. Clegg is an amateur entomologist and is especially devoted to collecting butterflies. The collector is a 1965 british american psychological horror film directed by william wyler and starring terence stamp and samantha eggar.

Divided in two sections the novel contains both the perspective of the captor frederick as well as that of miranda the captive. After he wins a lot of money in a sports betting system known as the football pools he takes the steps necessary to kidnap miranda though at the time he tells himself that he is not necessarily preparing to abduct her. Fredrick is lonely and has trouble getting along with others the only people he really has are his aunt and cousin. The collector tells the story of frederick clegg a man in his mid 20s who grows obsessed with miranda grey a beautiful teenager whom he watches from afar.

He watches an art student named miranda who starts to become his obsession. Hailed as the first modern psychological thriller the collector is the internationally bestselling novel that catapulted john fowles into the front rank of contemporary novelists. This tale of obsessive love the story of a lonely clerk who collects butterflies and of the beautiful young art student who is his ultimate quarry remains unparalleled in its power to startle and mesmerize. Director wyler turned down the sound of music to direct the film.

Hailed as the first modern psychological thriller the collector is the internationally bestselling novel that catapulted john fowles into the front rank of contemporary novelists. The collector is a 1963 thriller novel by english author john fowles in his literary debut.