num_pages: 262
description: Edwin Drood is contracted to marry Orphan Rosa, but they break the engagement off-and soon afterwards Edwin disappears. Is it murder? And is his jealous uncle-a sinister choirmaster with a double life and designs on Rosa-the killer? Dickens died before completing the story, leaving the mystery unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective. In addition to its tantalizing crime, the novel also offers a characteristically Dickensian mix of the fantastical world of the imagination and a vibrantly journalistic depiction of gritty reality.This edition features a new critical introduction that assesses the evidence to show whether the mystery can truly be solved, as well as a chronology, illustrations, appendixes (including one on opium use in the nineteenth century).Edited with an introduction and notes by David Paroissien.
language: English
title: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
titlecomplete: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
characters: Helena Landless, Thomas Sapsea, Edwin Drood, Neville Landless, Rev. Septimus Crisparkle, Dick Datchery, Sherlock Holmes, Miss Twinkleton, Rosa Bud, Mr. Tartar, Hercule Poirot, Jules Maigret, John Jasper, Marlowe, Luke Honeythunder, Charles Dickens, Dupin, Pater Brown, Hiram Grewgious
genres: Fiction, Gothic, Mystery, British Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 12051
places: Rome, Rochester, England
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Βραβείο Λογοτεχνικής Μετάφρασης ΕΚΕΜΕΛ
category: Αγγλόφωνη Λογοτεχνία
publisher: Amereon Ltd