![]() ![]() ![]() First edition identificationĬhapman & Hall published the First Edition, First Printing in London, 1870. ![]() Charles Dickens passed before the novel could be completed, leaving a tantalizing mystery that will never be solved. 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. 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. ![]() As they come to age there is recognition that their love has been replaced by friendship, and the engagement is soon broken off. 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. The Mystery of Edwin Drood marked the last of Charles Dickens novels, and was left unfinished in its publication. ![]()
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