The Collector

John Fowles's celebrated novel is a romantic fantasy in which Francis Clegg, an obscure London clerk, contrives to win the affections of Miranda Grey, a young girl whom he has worshipped from afar for years. After he wins a fortune in a football pool, Francis buys a house in the country and has Miranda kidnapped and carried there. He keeps her prisoner in the hope that she will gradually or suddenly come to love him. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.