Collector

Year of publication: 1963

Is it necessary to be afraid of spirits or demons, if sometimes people are more terrible than evil? Maybe a salt circle will save you from the ghost, but it will not help against a maniac.

Frederick Clegg is a loner who has no hobbies, except collecting butterflies and a student artist named Miranda. A humble and hesitant man will never have the courage to meet a girl. One day, a fortune falls on Frederick: he wins a large sum of money at races. The man quits his job, buys a house away from everyone and kidnaps Miranda. Frederick’s sick mind suggests that one day, locked in a cellar, a girl can love him. The abducted student keeps a diary about her captivity.