Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time

by Wilkie Collins

Overview

Heart and Science, one of Wilkie Collins' later novels, is concerned with the debate over what he termed 'the hideous secrets of vivisection.' The tale of a family split by various opinions and sentiments, as well as the novel's clear parallels to the animal welfare/animal rights debates of today will strike chords of understanding with modern readers, who always relate well to the accessible conversational style of Collins' prose.

Appendices of contextual material include contemporary reviews, Carroll, Cobbe and others on the vivisection debate of the 1870s, Collins’s letters, and R. Browning’s anti-vivisectionist poems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781622360246
Publisher:	Greatest Books Publisher
Publication date:	03/31/2012
Pages:	539
Product dimensions:	9.40(w) x 6.30(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist.

Date of Birth:

December 8, 1824

Date of Death:

September 23, 1889

Place of Birth:

London, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Studied law at Lincoln¿s Inn, London