The Frozen Deep - Softcover

Collins, Wilkie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447470990 ISBN 13: 9781447470991

Publisher: Cullen Press, 2016

Synopsis

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1874. Born in Marylebone, London in 1824, Collins' family enrolled him at the Maida Hill Academy in 1835, but then took him to France and Italy with them between 1836 and 1838. Returning to England, Collins attended Cole's boarding school, and completed his education in 1841, after which he was apprenticed to the tea merchants Antrobus & Co. in the Strand. In 1846, Collins became a law student at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar in 1851, although he never practiced. It was in 1848, a year after the death of his father, that he published his first book, The Memoirs of the Life of William Collins, Esq., R.A., to good reviews. The 1860s saw Collins' creative high-point, and it was during this decade that he achieved fame and critical acclaim, with his four major novels, The Woman in White (1860), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868). The Moonstone, meanwhile is seen by many as the first true detective novel – T. S. Eliot called it "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels. . .in a genre invented by Collins and not by Poe.” Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions.

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Review

'Collins's storytelling talents were utterly mesmorising for Victorian readers - and they are no less captivating for readers today' --The Guardian

'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

About the Author

English novelist and playwright Wilkie Collins was a prolific writer with a body of work comprising thirty novels, over sixty short stories, more than a dozen plays, and a wide range of non-fiction pieces. Collins is best known for his novels The Woman in White, an early sensation novela genre combining shocking gothic horror with everyday domestic settingsand The Moonstone, which is credited as one of the first modern mystery novels. In the 1850s Collins met Charles Dickens and the two struck up a friendship, which lead to Collins becoming a frequent contributor to Dickens s journals Household Words and All the Year Round. Many of his stories have been adapted for film, including Basil, A Terribly Strange Bed, The Moonstone and The Woman in White. Collins died in 1889 at the age of 65.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cullen Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1447470990
• ISBN 13: 9781447470991
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128