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The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Penguin Classics) Book

Presents a mystery built around a presumed crime - the murder of a nephew by his uncle.Read More

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  • Foyles

    'Dickens's finest work in the genre of the detective story was his last' The TimesEdwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa when he comes of age, but when they find that duty has gradually replaced affection, they agree to break off the engagement. Shortly afterwards, in the middle of a storm on Christmas Eve, Edwin disappears. Beyond this there are further intrigues: the dark opium underworld of the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham, and the sinister double life of choir-master Jasper, whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his appearance. Dickens died before completing Edwin Drood, leaving generations of readers to try and solve its tantalizing mystery.Edited with an Introduction and Notes by David Paroissien

  • TheBookPeople

    Dickens' last novel is a mystery built around a presumed crime - the murder of a nephew by his uncle. Dickens died before completing the story, leaving the mystery unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective. Beyond the preoccupying fact of this intriguing crime, however, the novel also offers readers a characteristically Dickensian mix of the fantastical world of the imagination and a vibrantly journalistic depiction of gritty reality.

  • Blackwell

    Edwin Drood is contracted to marry Orphan Rosa, but they break the engagement off-and soon afterwards Edwin disappears. Is it murder? And is his jealous uncle-a sinister choirmaster with a double life and designs on Rosa-the killer?

  • Penguin

    '... In the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions...

  • Waterstones

    A story that includes a mystery built around a presumed crime - the murder of a nephew by his uncle.

  • Pickabook

    Charles Dickens, David Paroissien (Editor)

  • 0140439269
  • 9780140439267
  • Charles Dickens
  • 25 September 2003
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 432
  • New Ed
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