The Frozen Deep

by Wilkie Collins

Overview

Inspired by Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 expedition to find the North West Passage, The Frozen Deep is a tale of heroism and self-sacrifice set in the inhospitable Arctic wastes.

On the night before his departure on the Arctic expedition, Clara Burnham pledges her love to Frank Aldersley, an officer of the Sea-Mew. She later discovers that Richard Wardour, an admirer she has spurned, is to sail on the expedition's other vessel, the Wanderer. Before he leaves, Wardour promises to avenge himself on the man who has stolen Clara from him. There should be no cause for the two men to meet, but when both ships are trapped in the Arctic ice, Clara's second sight warns her of the terrible danger her lover now faces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789361428562
Publisher:	Double 9 Books
Publication date:	02/01/2024
Pages:	90
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.22(d)

About the Author

Wilkie Collins William was an English novelist and playwright best known for The Woman in White (1859), a mystery and early sensation novel, and The Moonstone (1868), which established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel and may be the first clear example of the police procedural genre. Born to London painter William Collins and his wife, Harriet Geddes, he moved to Italy with them when he was twelve years old, spending two years there and in France learning both Italian and French. Collins was born at 11 New Cavendish Street in London, the son of William Collins, a well-known Royal Academician landscape painter, and his wife, Harriet Geddes. Named after his father, he quickly became recognized by his second name, which honours his godfather, painter David Wilkie. The family relocated to Pond Street, Hampstead, around 1826. In 1828, Collins' brother Charles Allston Collins was born. Between 1829 and 1830, the Collins family relocated twice: first to Hampstead Square and subsequently to Porchester Terrace in Bayswater. Wilkie and Charles received an early education from their mother at home. The Collins family was very religious, and Collins' mother insisted on strict church attendance for her boys, which Wilkie detested.

Date of Birth:

December 8, 1824

Date of Death:

September 23, 1889

Place of Birth:

London, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Studied law at Lincoln¿s Inn, London

Table of Contents

	The Frozen Deep	1
	Note on the text	103
	Biographical note	105

Editorial Reviews

You can't help feeling that Wilkie Collins was more in tune with modernity than his friend Charles Dickens.” —The Guardian

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