The Collector is the title of a 1963 novel by John Fowles. It was made into a movie in 1965. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Fowles is an English novelist and essayist. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ...

Plot

The book is about a lonely young man, Frederick Clegg, who works as a clerk in a city hall, and collects butterflies in his free time. The first part of the novel tells the story from his point of view. Clegg is attracted to Miranda Grey, an art student who he thinks is very beautiful. He admires her from a distance, but is unable to make any contact with her because of his nonexistent social skills. One day, he wins a large prize in the pools. This makes it possible for him to stop working and buy an isolated house in the countryside. He feels lonely, however, and wants to be with Grey. Unable to make any normal contact, Clegg decides to add her to his 'collection,' in hopes that if he keeps her captive long enough, she will grow to love him. After careful preparations, he kidnaps Grey using chloroform and locks her up in the cellar of his house. He is convinced that the girl will start to love him after some time. However, when she wakes up, Grey confronts him with his actions. Clegg is embarrassed, and promises to let her go after a month. He promises to show her "every respect," pledging not to sexually molest her and to shower her with gifts and the comforts of home, on one condition: she can't leave the cellar. Families Superfamily Hesperioidea: Hesperiidae Superfamily Papilionoidea: Papilionidae Pieridae Nymphalidae Lycaenidae Riodinidae A butterfly is a flying insect of the order Lepidoptera belonging to one of the superfamilies Hesperioidea (the skippers) and Papilionoidea (all other butterflies). ... PEL-TWA (OSHA) 50 ppm (240 mg/m3) IDLH (NIOSH) 500 ppm Flash point non-flammable RTECS number FS9100000 Supplementary data page Structure & properties n, εr, etc. ...

Clegg rationalizes every step of his plan in eerily emotionless language; he seems truly incapable of relating to other human beings and sharing real intimacy with them; it could be inferred that he is a sociopath. He takes great pains to appear normal, however, and is greatly offended at the suggestion that his motives are anything but reasonable and genuine. Intimacy is the basis of friendship and one of the bases of love. ... It has been suggested that Psychopathy be merged into this article or section. ...

The second part of the novel is narrated by Grey in the form of fragments from a diary that she keeps during her captivity. Clegg scares her, and she does not understand him in the beginning. At first she thinks that he has sexual motives for abducting her, but this turns out not to be true. She starts to have some pity for her captor, comparing him to Caliban in Shakespeare's play The Tempest because of his hopeless obsession with her and his warped behavior. She tries to escape several times, but Clegg is always able to stop her. She also tries to seduce him in order to convince him to let her go. The only result is that he becomes confused and angry. When Clegg keeps refusing to let her go, she starts to fantasize about killing him. Before she can try to escape again, she becomes seriously ill and dies, probably of pneumonia. A diary is a book for writing discrete entries arranged by date. ... Caliban is a fictional character in William Shakespeares The Tempest, a deformed servant to Prospero. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Miranda and Ferdinand, Angelica Kauffmann, 1782. ... See fantasy for an account of the literary genre involving the development of common or popular fantasies. ... Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the microscopic, air-filled sacs (alveoli) responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere become inflamed and flooded with fluid. ...

The third part of the novel is again narrated by Clegg. At first he wants to commit suicide after he learns of Grey's death, but after he reads in her diary that she never loved him, he decides that he is not responsible and is better off without her. Finally, he starts to plan the kidnapping of another girl. It has been suggested that Suicide and culture be merged into this article or section. ...

Movie

The book was made into a movie in 1965. It was adapted by Stanley Mann and John Kohn and was directed by William Wyler. It stars Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... William Wyler (July 1, 1902 - July 27, 1981) was a prolific and award-winning motion picture director. ... Terence Stamp Terence Stamp (born July 22, 1939 in Bow, London, England) is an English actor. ... From The Walking Stick, 1970 Samantha Eggar (born March 5, 1933) is a British actress. ...

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Samantha Eggar), Best Director (William Wyler) and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Janet Gaynor getting the first Best Actress Oscar from Douglas Fairbanks Sr. ... The Academy Award for Directing is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ...

The original cover art for the single of The Smiths' song "What Difference Does It Make?" featured a still of Terrence Stamp from the film. Stamp protested the use of the still as promotional material and The Smiths instead used their singer, Morrissey to recreate the photo for future pressings of the single. Stamp eventually changed his mind. The U.K. version of the single with Morrissey in the photo for the cover is now a rarer collectible for fans of The Smiths. The Smiths were a British rock group active from 1982 to 1987. ... Terence Stamp (born July 22, 1939) is a British actor. ... Morrissey in 1990 Steven Patrick Morrissey, (born May 22, 1959), professionally known as Morrissey, is the former lead singer of the highly influential English pop band The Smiths. ...

Reference

• The Collector: ISBN 0316290238 (paperback)

External link

• The Collector at the Internet Movie Database