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His many other bestselling novels include the magus, daniel martin, and the french lieutenants woman, which was made into an acclaimed film starring meryl streep and jeremy irons. John fowles was a 37yearold school teacher when his first novel the collector was published in 1963. An analysis of the characters in the novel the collector by. The collector tells the story of frederick clegg, a man in his mid20s who grows obsessed with miranda grey, a beautiful teenager whom he watches from afar. The collector by john fowles and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. John fowles novel tells the story of frederick clegg, a lonely butterfly collector incapable of relating to others, who decides to collect miranda grey, a young. The success of his first novel, the collector, published in 1963, allowed him to devote all his time to writing.
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