Category: Fiction Contemporary Fiction Britain/UK Modern ISBN: 009974371x. She, the creator, desperate for her freedom, tries to be understanding but cannot banish her comtempt for everything anti-life that the collector stands for. The situation is seen first from the collectors point of view- he thinks the chloroform pad no more vicious than his butterfly net, and patiently waits for the barriers of class and taste that inhibit their love to break down in the limbo of their isolation. A chance pools win enables him to capture the art student Miranda and keep her in the cellar of the Sussex house he has bought with the windfall. Withdrawn, uneducated and unloved, Frederick collects butterflies and takes photographs. This book is available and ready to be shipped. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting.
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