The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Dickens, Charles (1812–1870).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" by Charles Dickens is a novel published in 1870. Dickens's final and unfinished work centers on John Jasper, a cathedral choirmaster and opium addict who desires his pupil Rosa Bud—the fiancée of his nephew Edwin Drood. When Edwin vanishes mysteriously after a tense reconciliation dinner with his rival Neville Landless, suspicion falls on Neville while Jasper's dark obsessions deepen. Set in the cathedral town of Cloisterham, this mystery remains unsolved, as Dickens died before revealing its conclusion.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Author credits: Dickens, Charles (1812–1870)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Cathedrals -- Fiction
- Choral conductors -- Fiction
- England -- Fiction
- Missing persons -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Psychological fiction
- Separation (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: British Literature
- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery
- Category: Novels
- Mystery Fiction
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