The Collector by John Fowles



The Collector by John Fowles is the story of two people. Freddie Clegg, a twenty year old man who was raised by his Aunt. He developed butterfly collecting as a hobby as a means of standing out from the crowd. Anti-social, he has no friends at his job as a bank clerk. Besides butterflies and photography, he only has one other real interest, Miranda Grey, a young woman he saw in their home town of Redding. Miranda, a twenty year old art student and doctor's daughter, is a pseudo-intellectual who believes her education makes her above people like Freddie. While Freddie is aware of Miranda's snobbish attitude, he is obsessed with her, believing she is "The One." Freddie even dreams that they are a couple, a fantasy Miranda that finds his butterfly collection interesting, and who loves being with him.

Freddie lacks the courage and social graces to introduce himself to her, but things change when he wins a small fortune from the football pools. Shortly after he has a dream that Miranda is being attacked by himself, and he saves her. The dream morphs into him kidnapping her, and that sparks Freddie's plan to his dream into a reality.

A review can be seen here http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/tv/firsttuesday/vodcast/firsttuesday_2009_ep05.wmv

Here is a parody of The Collector http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAiGniSwu_U&playnext=1&videos=_Ct_Eh-p0kU