The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens

Dickens' last novel is a mystery built around a presumed crime - the murder of a nephew by his uncle. Dickens died before completing the story, leaving the mystery unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective. Beyondthe preoccupying fact of this intriguing crime, however, the novel also offers readers a characteristically Dickensian mix of the fantastical world of the imagination and a vibrantly journalistic depiction of gritty reality.

Charles Dickens (1812-70) was a political reporter and journalist whose popularity was established by the phenomenally successful Pickwick Papers (1836-7). His novels captured and held the public imagination over a period of more than thirty years. David Paroissien is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts. He is editor of the Dickens Quarterly and author of a number of books on Dickens.

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ISBN 13	9780140439267
ISBN 10	0140439269
Title	The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Author	Charles Dickens
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2002-03-28
Number of pages	432
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