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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

By Charles Dickens, David Paroissien (Editor)

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| Paperback | 9780140439267

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The main issue in the novel is the disappearance of Edwin Drood and the suspicion that he has been murdered. But as intriguing as this central plot are the startling innovations in Dicken's work and the troubled elements lurking within the novel: a dark opium underworld, the uneasy and violent fantaContinue

The main issue in the novel is the disappearance of Edwin Drood and the suspicion that he has been murdered. But as intriguing as this central plot are the startling innovations in Dicken's work and the troubled elements lurking within the novel: a dark opium underworld, the uneasy and violent fantasies of its inhabitants, the disquieting presence of old 'Princess Puffer', of the quiet cathedral town of Cloisterham from which people have to escape in order to save themselves--and, at the centre, the menacing figure of Jasper.

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  • To be continued

    The boldest way to supply the missing second half of Edwin Drood would be in the idiom of the present time. Such a course would nowadays come naturally or at any rate fashionably to an architect were he required to complete a building that had stoppe ... (read full critics)

    lrb published on Sat, 4 Sep 2010

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  • Excellent story. Sadly, Dickens' last. The edition I have (which is not listed, so I chose a paperback of comparable quality) contained Dickens' notes about the eventual out-come of the plot. Too brief a treat, as the saying goes.

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