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The Collector
- Narrated by: Daniel Rigby, Hannah Murray
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick is a loner who collects butterflies and takes photographs. He is obsessed with a beautiful stranger, the art student Miranda, whom he watches from afar. When he wins the pools, he buys a remote Sussex country house and painstakingly works to make the cellar a comfortable prison. He then calmly abducts Miranda, believing that she will inevitably grow to love him in time if she just gets to know him.
Alone and desperate, Miranda must struggle to overcome her own prejudices and contempt if she is understand her captor and gain her freedom.
Taught and utterly compelling, Fowles' debut novel The Collector was an instant best seller when it was published in 1963. It is regarded as one of the best thrillers of all time with one of the most terrifying villains to have ever been created on the page.
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- A. Alessandrelli
- 29-09-22
So perfectly creepy
I read this over 20 years ago and for some reason never read it again even though the story stayed with me. Narration was excellent, spot on, exactly how I’d imagined Fred’s provincial tone. I confess that during Miranda’s part, I tended to ‘skip to the next chapter’ often as I was more interested in her version of events rather than the back story about GP, since I’d already read it. Tip: if Miranda’s part is too long winded, playback at the next speed along.
Would definitely recommend.
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- Pamela McG
- 12-11-23
A tale of two halves
Both narrators were excellent, although the female narrator did have the weaker part of the novel to narrate, but she did a good job of it.
Good storyline, liked the characterisation of both Fred and Miranda. Didn’t enjoy the bits where Miranda talks about her previous relationship with GP, somehow it didn’t fit well with the rest of the story
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- Anonymous User
- 12-07-22
Utterly superb.
Gothic, eerie and beautiful done. Horrifying and brilliant. Freddie is vile and pathetic. This is a brilliant brilliant read.
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- A. J. Lenehan
- 13-11-23
Really excellent
I came to this book after reading the Magus by the same author. The Collector, like the Magus, shows the extraordinary ability of Fowles as a writer. The performances were spot on. The layered characterisation, which makes you find things you like in him and things to dislike in her, really marks this out as a special piece of writing.
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- Sparkey
- 12-10-23
Dark but moving
Thoroughly enjoyed and broadly in agreement with other feedback about 2nd half of the book.
Felt really sad about the ending - which I was surprised by given the genre.
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- Claire
- 20-12-21
Great Narration, Great Plot
Was unsure due to other reviews criticising the female narrator (and there is no excerpt from ‘Miranda’ on the sample). Took a chance and glad I did- she did an excellent job.
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- Rob Sedgwick
- 09-04-22
Great narration
Daniel Rigby gets this narration spot on, as the deranged "Collector". Solid performance as well from Hannah Murray in this tale of class struggle and imprisonment.
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- Helen N.
- 04-05-23
Disappointed
I read this book around 30 years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I found the male narrator to be very good but unfortunately the female narrator spoiled it. Her voice was devoid of life and character and made listening to be tedious and a chore that had to be done to get back to the good bit. It's a shame because I would have loved to have given this book a much better review
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- James
- 21-04-22
An alarming read, with two excellent narrators
Daniel Rigby is perfectly creepy as the narrator of the first half of the book. Some reviewers haven't enjoyed Hannah Murray as Miranda, but I thought she was excellent. A claustrophobic and genuinely upsetting performance.
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- Alex H.
- 07-02-22
A new favourite
I found the story brilliant and always looked forward to listening to more, I hit a wall when the female narrator came into play, finding it hard to see a clear line between her subject changes but the further along it got, the more I enjoyed hearing her side of the story; overall it was really enjoyable
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