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The Frozen Deep [with Biographical Introduction] (Hesperus Classics) [Kindle Edition]

Wilkie Collins (Author)
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'Novelist and playwright Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) is known for the first full length detective stories written in English. 'Woman in White' and 'Moonstone' are his most well-known and popular novels. 'The Frozen Deep' is the tale of Clara Burnham and the two romantic rivals for her attention, and is based on an 1845 expedition to the Arctic that ends in disaster. It also served as inspiration for 'A Tale of Two Cities' by Charles Dickens, Collins' friend and collaborator.' --The Bloomsbury Review

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The Frozen Deep [with Biographical Introduction]
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 144 KB
  • Print Length: 93 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1419163159
  • Publisher: Digireads.com (1 July 2004)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B000FC23KS
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #127,092 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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This novel is rather insubstantial as it stands and leaves one wishing for how it might have been fleshed out by Collins in his prime. It is of interest since both Collins and Dickens performed in it when it was dramatised for the stage. But still a pleasure to read; Collins will never let go of the reader's attention even when his demon may have deserted him.
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Here, in a gorgeous little edition from Hesperus Classics, is the prose version of a play, first performed at Charles Dickens's home in 1857, which captured the yearnings and griefs of a nation with a fictionalized Arctic expedition loosely based on the voyages of Sir John Franklin, who disappeared with two ships and 128 men on his last voyage to the Frozen Regions. The play, as it happened, captured more than a Polar passion -- since when it was revived for public performances in Manchester later in 1857. Dickens fell in love with one of the actresses -- Ellen Ternan -- and left his wife for her. Collins, the main author of the play, decided after a later and less successful revival to convert it into a novella, and a reading of this text formed a staple of his lecture tours later in life. It's a harrowing tale, though perhaps a bit melodramatic for today's tastes to be sure, but still worth a read -- and there's no lovelier edition than this one.
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DON'T BOTHER 12 Jun 2011
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Gothic Victorian melodrama at its worst - one just wishes all the characters would die on the first page.
However, not typical of his great works - No Name and Hide And Seek among others.
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