The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Mystery of Edwin Drood, credited to Charles Dickens, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens. Recording by Alan Chant. The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. It is a mystery indeed; the serial novel was just half completed at the time of Dickens' death - leading to much speculation on how it might have ended. The novel is named after Edwin Drood, one of the characters, but it mostly tells the story of his uncle, a choirmaster named John Jasper, who is in love with his pupil, Rosa Bud. Miss Bud is Drood's fiancée, and has also caught the eye of the high-spirited and hot-tempered Neville Landless! Landless comes from Ceylon with his twin sister, Helena. Neville Landless and Edwin Drood take a dislike to one another the moment they meet. The story is set in Cloisterham, a lightly fictionalised Rochester (in Kent, England). Rochester is close to Dicken's country house Gad's Hill Place, where the final chapter was written and where Dickens died. Adapted by Alan Chant from the Edwin Drood entry in Wikipedia.

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
• Author credits: Charles Dickens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 23
• Listed recording duration: 12:21:05

Catalogue topics

• mystery
• dickens
• edwin drood
• unfinished

Track guide

1. 01 - The Dawn — 11:32
2. 02 - A Dean, And A Chapter Also — 32:34
3. 03 - The Nuns' House — 34:06
4. 04 - Mr Sapsea — 29:45
5. 05 - Mr Durdles and Friend — 18:46
6. 06 - Philanthropy in Minor Canon Corner — 30:15
7. 07 - More Confidences Than One — 25:47
8. 08 - Daggers Drawn — 27:16
9. 09 - Birds in the Bush — 43:35
10. 10 - Smoothing the Way — 40:40
11. 11 - A Picture and a Ring — 42:00
12. 12 A Night With Durdles — 39:51
13. 13 Both at Their Best — 31:50
14. 14 - When Shall These Three Meet Again? — 39:31
15. 15 - Impeached — 24:58
16. 16 - Devoted — 31:12
17. 17 - Philanthropy, Professional and Unprofessional — 42:41
18. 18 - A Settler in Cloisterham — 23:52
19. 19 - Shadow on the Sun-dial — 21:38
20. 20 - A Flight — 30:11
21. 21 - A Recognition — 15:41
22. 22 - A Gritty State Of Things Come On — 50:17
23. 23 - The Dawn Again — 53:24

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