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Wilkie Collins (January 8, 1824-September 23, 1889) was the author of thirty novels, more than sixty short stories, fourteen plays (including an adaptation of The Moonstone), and more than one hundred nonfiction pieces. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name.
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The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) - Wilkie Collins
The Complete Works of
WILKIE COLLINS
VOLUME 31 OF 47
The Frozen Deep
Parts Edition
By Delphi Classics, 2015
Version 1
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‘The Frozen Deep’
Wilkie Collins: Parts Edition (in 47 parts)
First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.
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Wilkie Collins: Parts Edition
This eBook is Part 31 of the Delphi Classics edition of Wilkie Collins in 47 Parts. It features the unabridged text of The Frozen Deep from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Wilkie Collins, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.
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WILKIE COLLINS
IN 47 VOLUMES
Parts Edition Contents
The Novels
1, Antonina
2, Basil
3, Hide and Seek
4, A Rogue’s Life
5, The Dead Secret
6, The Woman in White
7, No Name
8, Armadale
9, The Moonstone
10, Man and Wife
11, Poor Miss Finch
12, The New Magdalen
13, The Law and the Lady
14, The Two Destinies
15, The Haunted Hotel
16, The Fallen Leaves
17, Jezebel’s Daughter
18, The Black Robe
19, Heart and Science
20, I Say No
21, The Evil Genius
22, The Guilty River
23, The Legacy of Cain
24, Blind Love
The Short Story Collections
25, After Dark
26, The Queen of Hearts
27, Miss or Mrs.? and Other Stories in Outline
28, The Frozen Deep and Other Stories
29, Little Novels
30, Miscellaneous Short Stories
The Plays
31, The Frozen Deep
32, No Thoroughfare
33, Black and White
34, No Name- Play
35, The Woman in White- Play
36, The New Magdalen- Play
37, Miss Gwilt
38, The Moonstone- Play
The Non-Fiction
39, Memoirs of the Life of William Collins Esq, Ra
40, Rambles Beyond Railways
41, My Miscellanies
42, Miscellaneous Essays and Articles
The Biographies
43, Wilkie Collins’ Charms by Olive Logan
44, Men of Mark: W. Wilkie Collins by Edmund Yates
45, Wilkie Collins by William Teignmouth Shore
46, Extracts from ‘Memories of Half a Century’ by Rudolph Chambers Lehmann
47, Extracts from ‘Life of Charles Dickens’ by John Forster
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The Frozen Deep
A DRAMA IN THREE ACTS
CONTENTS
PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.
ACT I.
ACT II
ACT III
PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.
CAPTAIN HELDING, of the Ship Wanderer.
LIEUTENANT CRAYFORD, of the Ship Sea-Mew.
FRANK ALDERSLEY.
RICHARD WARDOUR.
LIEUTENANT STEVENTON.
JOHN WANT, Ship’s Cook.
BATESON, }two of the Sea-Mew’s People
DARKER, }
Officers and Sailors
Scene of the First Act — A Country-house in Devonshire.
Scene of the Second Act — A Hut in the Arctic Regions.
Scene of the Third Act — A Cavern on the Coast of Newfoundland.
Period — The Present Time.
ACT I.
SCENE. — A handsomely furnished room in a country-house, with a bay-window at the back of the stage, looking out, over corn-fields, on a village church. Flowers are disposed about the room on stands. On one side, a tea-table, with tea-things on it. On the other, a round table, with work on it. Time, shortly before sunset. The entrance to the room is on the left-hand side of the actor.
MRS. STEVENTON and ROSE are discovered at the tea-table. The maid-servant enters to them at the rise of the curtain, with the newspaper which has arrived by the post. MRS. S. takes it.
Rose. Any news, Caroline?
Mrs. S. (reading). Arrived, the Fortune, from Valparaiso; the Ariel, from Jamaica. Spoken, the Sisters, from Liverpool to California, eight days out. Reported drifting among ice at sea, waterlogged and abandoned, the Hope.
(Repressing a shudder.) No, Rose — no news to interest us.
Rose. Shall I give