London: Penguin Classics. Very Good. 1985. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB; 4.25 X 0.75 X 7 inches . Light cover creases, light shelf and edge wear, paper lightly edge toned. ; Fourth printing of Penguin Classics mass market edition, 1985. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork detail from A Moonlight Scene by John Atkinson Grimshaw. ; Penguin Classics; 320 pages; Dickens' final novel, a mystery that became more than what the author intended as he died before completing it. Edited by Arthur J. Cox with an introduction by Angus Wilson discussing what is known about what Dickens' intentions were regarding the plot. .

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood marked the last of Charles Dickens novels, and was left unfinished in its publication. It follows the story of an orphan, Edwin Drood who worked as an engineer for his adoptive father’s firm, and his betrothal to fellow orphan Rosa Bud. As they come to age there is recognition that their love has been replaced by friendship, and the engagement is soon broken off. Shortly afterwards, in the middle of a storm on Christmas Eve, Edwin disappears, leaving nothing behind but some personal belongings and the suspicion that his killer was his jealous uncle John Jasper, or a fellow orphan Neville, who were both madly in love with Rosa. The fantastical story intrigues the reader with the darkness the opium dens within the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham, and the sinister double life of Choirmaster Jasper, whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his respectable appearance. Charles Dickens passed before the novel could be completed, leaving a tantalizing mystery that will never be solved.

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Bookseller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 36302
Title: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Author: Dickens, Charles
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Reprint; Fourth Printing
ISBN 10: 014043092X
ISBN 13: 9780140430929
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1985
Keywords: Mass Market PB; 4.25 X 0.75 X 7 inches, England Fiction British Irish Fictional Works Auth
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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