The Collector
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Narrated by:
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Daniel Rigby
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Hannah Murray
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By:
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John Fowles
About this listen
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Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick is a loner who collects butterflies and takes photographs.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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- SuziLovesLondon
- 26-04-24
Amazing story
Brilliant! I have read The Collector many times and wanted it in audio format. Unfortunately the female narrator was so flat and monotone. Such a discredit to a great character such as Miranda.
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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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- 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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- Kindle Customer
- 02-03-22
gripping
The story starts off at a running jump, as does the narration. Initially I struggled to digest the book as the first narrator is incredibly pacy, eventually I became accustomed to the racing along only for the narration to switch to the victims voice. whilst I really enjoyed Hannah Murray's reading of 'good me, bad me' by Ali Land, she narrates at a different pace to the first narrator which I found jarring. Although interesting to hear the voice of the victim, this books real strength is in the complexity of it's main character. I'd recommend this audiobook based on the character of Frederick alone. Not your typical villan, Frederick is a fascinating and well narrated character.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-02-23
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What an ending! Had me at a shock but I knew it would happen fantastic reading
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- Mrs E.
- 27-09-23
A hideous masterpiece
This book is one of the best books that I have ever read. It is a masterclass in characterisation. Brilliant.
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- Reggy A
- 31-03-22
The female narration spoiled this for me.
I struggled to keep listening through part three, I think it was. The female narrator spoke in a monotone. I'm sure she was trying to give the impression of depression and loneliness, but it didn't match her actions. Maybe she had been told to read it like that, but it was tedious. And the character she played was such a pretentious young woman, not very likeable. I became irritated and bored with the book. Possibly I would still have disliked that part if I had been reading it, but the narration made it worse. Once that part ended I became interested again, and I was glad I heard the ending. On the whole, the story was interesting, and I might have given it a higher rating if I had read it myself.
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- Erin Copp
- 05-11-22
get this book if you liked wasp factory
wonderful, engaging and insightful. still relevant to audiences today, concerning the class divide in England. incredible narration
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- Kindle Customer
- 14-12-22
really enjoyed. great narration
Great book, Hannah Murray does a great job but the second half of the book isn't as strong as the first. I wish she talked about her time down there rather than her life outside, I think a lot of readers feel this way and that is why they say the female narration ruins it, but I think it's just that her section is weak.
Overall though I really enjoyed the story and would listen again.
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