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The final novel by Charles Dickens, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", was unfinished at the time of his death in 1870. The novel revolves around John Jasper, choirmaster and opium addict, who is the guardian of his orphaned nephew Edwin Drood. Before the death of his parents, Edwin was promised to marry Rosa Bud, another orphan, but their affections have cooled upon reaching adulthood. Rosa has also attracted the affections of Jasper, her teacher, as...
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When Dickens died on June 9, 1870, he was halfway through writing his last book, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Since that time, hundreds of academics, fans, authors, and playwrights have presented their own conclusion to this literary puzzler. Step into 150 years of Dickensian speculation to see how our attitudes both to Dickens and his mystifying last work have developed. At first, enterprising authors tried to cash in on an opportunity to finish Dickens'...
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El misterio de Edwin Drood es la decimoquinta y última novela del escritor británico Charles Dickens. Quedó inconclusa debido a su muerte súbita, por tanto la identidad del asesino sigue siendo objeto de debate, en lo que se designa hoy día como, literatura droodiana» (Droodian literature), una larga serie de investigaciones, hipótesis, soluciones y finales de todo género alrededor de los posibles finales. El último libro de Dickens, que...
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This Charles Dickens novel was adapted for Broadway by Rupert Holmes in 1986, and went on to win 5 Tony Awards. 12 selections: There You Are * A Man Could Go Quite Mad * Two Kinsmen * Moonfall * The Wages of Sin * Both Sides of the Coin * Perfect Strangers * Never the Luck * Off to the Races * Don't Quit While You're Ahead * The Garden Path to Hell * The Writing on the Wall.
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Three tales that showcase the nineteenth-century novelist’s famous flair for suspense and plot twists.
This volume includes three titles by Victorian England’s greatest storyteller.
Hunted Down: The manager of a life assurance office finds his suspicions growing after becoming acquainted with a mysterious gentleman in this rare detective story by Charles Dickens.
The...
This volume includes three titles by Victorian England’s greatest storyteller.
Hunted Down: The manager of a life assurance office finds his suspicions growing after becoming acquainted with a mysterious gentleman in this rare detective story by Charles Dickens.
The...
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Charles Dickens's last and unfinished novel, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" was originally published in 1870. When Dickens died in 1870, just six of the intended twelve chapters had been completed, with no remaining plan or indication to how the story should continue. Despite this, numerous other writers have tried to complete the novel. The story revolves around the titular character's uncle, John Jasper, an opium addict and choirmaster who falls in...
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[2012]
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Original UK edition.
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John Jasper is haunted and restless. Unhappily settled as choirmaster in the provincial cathedral town of Cloisterham, Jasper finds himself striving for the divine in his music even as he struggles against madness brought on by ennui and opiates. Aware of his unraveling, Jasper believes his salvation may be found in the arms of Rosa, his prized pupil. His only obstacle is her fiance, Edwin Drood - Jasper's nephew.
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