The Question and Answer section for The Collector is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
These moments of discovery really depend on the particular reader. I love reading Shakespeare so my "aha" moment has to do with the play The Tempest. Shakespeare's play The Tempest is frequently alluded to in Fowles's novel, and the comparisons...
All the time we were up in London spending and spending I was thinking I wasn't going to see her any more; then that I was rich, a good spec as a husband now; then again I knew it was ridiculous, people only married for love, especially girls like...
Frederick is a city clerk and amateur entomologist who loves to collect butterflies. He is an antisocial and awkward young man in his mid-20s. Because Clegg lost his parents at an early age (his father died in a drunk driving accident when he was...
