Title: The mystery of Edwin Drood,
Authors: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Shinn, Everett, 1876-1953; Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974; Starrett, Vincent, 1886-1974,; Shinn, Everett, 1876-1953,
Publisher: The Heritage Press
Year: 1941
Subjects: Choral conductors Fiction; Missing persons Fiction; Cathedrals Fiction; England Fiction.
Abstract: Introduces an array of characters, from the sinister to the comic, and moves to a haunting climax in an atmospheric murder mystery that features the seemingly benevolent John Jasper, a secret opium addict, and his relationship with his newly engaged nephew, Edwin Drood.
Contents: Introduction -- The dawn -- A dean -- The nuns' house -- Mr. Sapsea -- Mr. Durdles and friend -- Philanthropy in minor canon -- More confidences than one -- Daggers drawn -- Birs in the bush -- Smoothing the way -- A picture and a ring -- A night with Durdles -- Both at their best -- These three -- Impeached -- Devoted -- Philanthropy -- A settler in Cloisterham -- Shadow -- A flight -- A recognition -- Things to come -- The dawn again -- The Sapsea fragment -- The original cover -- Jasper's gatehouse -- Bibliography