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'Dickens's finest work in the genre of the detective story was his last' The Times

Edwin 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

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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'Dickens's finest work in the genre of the detective story was his last' The TimesEdwin Drood is contracted to marry... Read more

    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 28/03/2002
    ISBN13: 9780140439267, 978-0140439267
    ISBN10: 0140439269

    Number of Pages: 432

    Fiction , Classics

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    'Dickens's finest work in the genre of the detective story was his last' The Times

    Edwin 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

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