The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens - Books - Createspace Independent Publishing Platf - 9781986703086 - May 2, 2018
In case cover and title do not match, the title is correct

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Charles Dickens

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 2, 2018
ISBN13 9781986703086
Publishers Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Pages 322
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 17 mm   ·   430 g
Language English  

Show all

More by Charles Dickens

Others have also bought

More from this series