Name: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
ISBN: 9780140439267

Charles Dickens

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. Beyondthe 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.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Marie Rogowski

Starts off slow but towards the end it gets really thrilling

EDIT: The english wikipedia article about the books gives some great insights into the possible solution and where Dickens might have been going with this book. If you cant stand the idea of the story being open-ended, i recommend reading the article. But i STRONGLY recommend to read the book first =)

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Hailey Vinson

Geoffrey Benton

Steve Langton

'Where is my nephew?, asked Mr Jasper, wildly. 'Where is your nephew?' repeated Neveille. 'Why do you ask me?' 'I ask you,' retorted Jasper, 'because you were the last person in his company, and he is not to be found.' The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dickens's last novel, lay unfinished at his death. Speculation remains rife as to its probably conclusion; evidence suggests that, fascinated as Dickens was by details of the plotting, his basic concern was for character and appropriate setting, in particular the character of the hero-villain, Jasper. The ancient city of Cloisterham, its cathedral a reminder of mortality, human frailty, and the lawful life, is an effective background for what Dickens daughter called a tale of 'the tragic secrets of the human heart'. Humour is provided by a host of characters ranging fro Mr Grewgious, the admirable though eccentric lawyer, and Miss Twinkleton, guardian of the Young Ladies' Seminary, to Durdles, the hard-drinking stonemason, and Deputy, the irreverent lodging-house boy. This edition contains Dickens's working plans for the novel, and the text is that of the authoritative Clarendon edition. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final, uncompleted novel by Charles Dickens. John Jasper is a choirmaster who is in love with one of his pupils, Rosa Bud. She is the fiancee of his nephew, Edwin Drood. A hot-tempered man from Ceylon also becomes interested in her and he and Drood take an instant dislike to one another. Later, Drood disappears, and as Dickens never finished the novel, Drood's fate remains a mystery indeed.

Merry

Charles Dickens's last, unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Droodis an atmospheric thriller set in a murky world of opium dens, dark fantasy and sexual obsession. In the middle of a storm on Christmas Eve the orphan Edwin Drood disappears, leaving behind nothing but his watch and the suspicion that his uncle John Jasper, madly in love with Edwin's fiancée Rosa, is the killer. For, beneath the surface of the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham, this respectable choirmaster leads a drug-fuelled double life.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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