
Length6h 43m
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"The Frozen Deep": The play's genesis lay in the conflict between Dickens and John Rae's report on the fate of the Franklin expedition. In May 1845, the "Franklin expedition" left England in search of the Northwest Passage. It was last seen in July 1845, after which the members of the expedition were lost without trace. In October 1854, John Rae (using reports from "Eskimo" (Inuit) eyewitnesses, who informed that they had seen 40 "white men" and later 35 corpses) described the fate of the Franklin expedition in a confidential report to the Admiralty: "From the mutilated state of many of the corpses and the contents of the kettles it is evident that our wretched countrymen had been driven to the last resource—cannibalism—as a means of prolonging survival." Miss or Mrs.: Another crisp short novel from Wilkie Collins. As one who distrusts the institution of matrimony, he gives us another example of the somewhat strange Victorian marriage laws. The heroine of Miss or Mrs.?, Natalie, is fifteen years old. Her family wants her to wed Richard Turlington, a failing businessman who wants access to Natalie's father's fortune to save his hide. Natalie hates Turlington and secretly marries Launcelot Linzie, her cousin, who is unable to legally elope with her until her sixteenth birthday. Collins is a past master of knowing how to milk a complicated plot to good effect. Well worth reading. (Goodreads)
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length6 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 17, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1.
18Chapter 18.
2Chapter 2.
19MISS OR MRS.?
3Chapter 3.
20PERSONS OF THE STORY.
4Chapter 4.
21FIRST SCENE
5Chapter 5.
22SECOND SCENE.
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6Chapter 6.
23THIRD SCENE.
7Chapter 7.
24FOURTH SCENE.
8Chapter 8.
25FIFTH SCENE.
9Chapter 9.
26SIXTH SCENE.
10Chapter 10.
27SEVENTH SCENE.
11Chapter 11.
28EIGHTH SCENE.
12Chapter 12.
29NINTH SCENE.
13Chapter 13.
30TENTH SCENE.
14Chapter 14.
31ELEVENTH SCENE.
15Chapter 15.
32TWELFTH SCENE.
16Chapter 16.
33DOCUMENTARY HINTS, IN CONCLUSION.
17Chapter 17.