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Original Title:	The Mystery of Edwin Drood
ISBN:	0140439269 (ISBN13: 9780140439267)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Edwin Drood, Edwin Drood, Rosa Bud, Dick Datchery, John Jasper, Neville Landless, Rev. Septimus Crisparkle, Dupin, Pater Brown, Marlowe, Helena Landless, Hiram Grewgious, Miss Twinkleton, Luke Honeythunder, Mr. Tartar, Thomas Sapsea, Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Jules Maigret, Charles Dickens
Setting:	Rome(Italy) Rochester, England(United Kingdom)
Literary Awards:	Βραβείο Λογοτεχνικής Μετάφρασης ΕΚΕΜΕΛ for Αγγλόφωνη Λογοτεχνία (2009)

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Charles Dickens

Paperback | Pages: 432 pages

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Title	:	The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Author	:	Charles Dickens
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 432 pages
Published	:	2002 by Penguin (first published 1870)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Mystery

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Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers since its publication, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is edited with an introduction by David Paroissien in Penguin Classics.

Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud 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, leaving nothing behind but some personal belongings and the suspicion that his jealous uncle John Jasper, madly in love with Rosa, is the killer. And beyond this presumed crime there are further intrigues: the dark opium dens of the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham, and the sinister double life of Choirmaster Jasper, whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his respectable appearance. Dickens died before completing The Mystery of Edwin Drood, leaving its tantalising mystery unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective.

This edition contains an introduction by David Paroissien, discussing the novel's ending, with a chronology, notes, original illustrations by Samuel Luke Fildes, appendices on opium use in the nineteenth century, the 'Sapsea Fragment' and Dickens's plans for the story's conclusion.

Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language, whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books, including Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield and The Pickwick Papers, have been adapted for stage and screen and read by millions.

If you enjoyed The Mystery of Edwin Drood, you might like Dickens's Little Dorrit, also available in Penguin Classics.

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Mystery and detective novels are one of the most popular genres, but have you ever wondered who wrote the first mystery novel?The Mystery of Edwin Drood first published in 1870, is certainly one of the earliest, although not the first. That privilege is due to a work in German published in 1819, and entitled Das Fräulein von Scuderi by the Prussian author E.T.A. Hoffmann. This influenced what many consider the first true mystery short story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue which was written by

When Ernie produced The Mystery of Edwin Drood at the last Gentlemen's Book Club he took me to one side before the others could muscle in. 'Here,' he said, 'I knew you'd be interested in this.' He was right. After all, when we first formed the club I'd expressed a particular interest in filling the Dickens-shaped hole in my education. I'd rather had in mind something like Oliver Twist or The Pickwick Papers, but this seemed as good a place to start as any. My knowledge of this particular book



Another lovely Dickens, though unfinished. His style is grandiose. He really mastered it in this unfinished book. The irony is to the point. His characterisation is superb... What to say more of a wonderful piece of writing by so great an author... Minor point ... unfinished?

From time to time, I like to revisit the classics. In 1870, Charles Dickens died from a stroke in the middle of writing The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The book was never finished, and there weren't a lot of details in any notes or conversations for anyone to fully know his intentions for the ending. Readers were left with an open-ended story and have to decide for themselves. Years ago, the book was converted to a script and performed on Broadway. I meant to buy tickets but got distracted and never

Will not be rating this for obvious reasonsits unfinished.

I'm starting to feel it's a little unfair of me to rate these aspiring conclusions to The Mystery of Edwin Drood, because I've known for a while now that none of them will be quite there. Leon Garfield's has the merit of being not boring and probably close in plot to what the original would have been. Anyway, it's still extremely fascinating to see how different authors have reimagined the same story.