Through a mist of decay and opium, Charles Dickens weaves a tale of murder and mystery in this, his last novel. Set in the fictional cathedral town of Cloisterham, John Jasper, the choir-master, takes an obsessive interest in his nephew Edwin Drood and his fianc�e, Rosa Bud. But when young Edwin disappears on Christmas Eve, has Jasper killed him? Alas, we'll never know as Dickens died before completing the novel. It is an intriguing, enigmatic, and also richly comic story, showing that Dickens was at the peak of his ...
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Through a mist of decay and opium, Charles Dickens weaves a tale of murder and mystery in this, his last novel. Set in the fictional cathedral town of Cloisterham, John Jasper, the choir-master, takes an obsessive interest in his nephew Edwin Drood and his fianc�e, Rosa Bud. But when young Edwin disappears on Christmas Eve, has Jasper killed him? Alas, we'll never know as Dickens died before completing the novel. It is an intriguing, enigmatic, and also richly comic story, showing that Dickens was at the peak of his powers to the very end.
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Add this copy of The Mystery of Edwin Drood to cart. $48.34, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2019 by Blackstone Pub.
Text reproduced by optical reading requires laborious decoding of too many words to allow true pleasure. This copy was a total waste of money. Other editions--non optically read--may be good.
