The Mystery Of Edwin Drood
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Charles Dickens' final and unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, stands as one of literature's most tantalising enigmas — a brooding, atmospheric mystery that the author left incomplete at his death in 1870. Set in the fictional cathedral town of Cloisterham, the story centres on the disappearance of young Edwin Drood and the dark suspicions that fall upon his uncle, the choirmaster John Jasper, a man tormented by a secret opium addiction and an obsessive, sinister nature. Dickens masterfully builds a web of jealousy, hidden passions, and small-town intrigue, weaving in a cast of colourful characters including rival suitors, enigmatic strangers, and a mysterious stranger known as Datchery. The novel's tone is markedly darker and more psychologically intense than much of Dickens' earlier work, hinting at a mastery of the Victorian sensation genre. Though the truth of Edwin Drood's fate was never revealed, the incomplete narrative has captivated readers and scholars for over 150 years, inspiring countless theories, continuations, and adaptations.
Author: Charles Dickens
Format: Paperback
Published: 1982, Penguin English Library
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Charles Dickens' final and unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, stands as one of literature's most tantalising enigmas — a brooding, atmospheric mystery that the author left incomplete at his death in 1870. Set in the fictional cathedral town of Cloisterham, the story centres on the disappearance of young Edwin Drood and the dark suspicions that fall upon his uncle, the choirmaster John Jasper, a man tormented by a secret opium addiction and an obsessive, sinister nature. Dickens masterfully builds a web of jealousy, hidden passions, and small-town intrigue, weaving in a cast of colourful characters including rival suitors, enigmatic strangers, and a mysterious stranger known as Datchery. The novel's tone is markedly darker and more psychologically intense than much of Dickens' earlier work, hinting at a mastery of the Victorian sensation genre. Though the truth of Edwin Drood's fate was never revealed, the incomplete narrative has captivated readers and scholars for over 150 years, inspiring countless theories, continuations, and adaptations.