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The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Penguin Classics)

By Charles Dickens

Book information

Year
2002
ISBN
0140439269, 9780140439267, 014043092X, 9780140430929, 9780786512706
LCC
PR4564 .A1 2002
Open Library ID
OL22536086M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6190547 bytes)
Edition
1St Edition
Pages
432\427
Topic
Literature Literary
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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? Dickens died before completing the story, leaving the mystery unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective. In addition to its tantalizing crime, the novel also offers a characteristically Dickensian mix of the fantastical world of the imagination and a vibrantly journalistic depiction of gritty reality. This edition features a new critical introduction that assesses the evidence to show whether the mystery can truly be solved, as well as a chronology, illustrations, appendixes (including one on opium use in the nineteenth century). Edited with an introduction and notes by David Paroissien.

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