The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins, Fiction, Horror, Mystery & Detective (Paperback)

from Garrison0550

I give this book a solid three and two-thirds stars. It was a good story, but - more action! Less love triangle!

from cemagoc

After reading Collins' A Woman In White, this novella fell short, though it has its own merits. As a typical piece of Victorian England, it represents the utter reliance by women on men. The element of the supernatural (visions, trances, etc.) gave it an extra depth. Overall, I enjoyed reading th...

from jasonlf

 Wilkie's Collins' novella "The Frozen Deep" is based on the play of the same name he co-wrote with Charles Dickens. The setting is a British naval expedition to discover the Northwest Passage (loosely inspired by John Franklin's ill-fated voyage). The story is a melodrama about two men on the vo...

from vlcraven

It's about two men and two women-the women are the dearest of friends; the men, bitter rivals, though only one knows that, but I get ahead of myself. One of the women is married to a First Lieutenant on a ship bound for the arctic. She's very close to the younger woman, Clara. Both of the previou...