Classic ReRead: The Collector by John Fowles
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We first read this in August 2016, and it's time to revisit a classic!
Through John Fowles’ 1963 debut novel The Collector, we’ll explore the horrors of loneliness, of abduction and of a seemingly harmless butterfly collector…
Here’s the summary from the goodreads.com page:
“Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda. When he wins the pools he buys a remote Sussex house and calmly abducts Miranda, believing she will grow to love him in time. Alone and desperate, Miranda must struggle to overcome her own prejudices and contempt if she is understand her captor, and so gain her freedom.”
The meeting will start at 7pm and finish between 9.00 and 10pm (BST), with breaks in between. Just a reminder that the pub lets us to use the room at no charge so please do purchase drinks/food from the bar. Bringing in your own food from outside the pub is not allowed!