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PENGUIN CLASSICS THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD -...

Charles Dickens's final  unfinished novel  and one that has puzzled readers and inspired
writers since its publication Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes
of age  but when they find that duty has gradually replaced affection  they agree to break off
the engagement. 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 jealous uncle
John Jasper  madly in love with Rosa  is the killer. And beyond this presumed crime there are
further intrigues: the dark opium dens of the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham  and the
sinister double life of Choirmaster Jasper  whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his
respectable appearance. Dickens died before completing The Mystery of Edwin Drood  leaving its
tantalising mystery unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn
detective. This edition contains an introduction by David Paroissien  discussing the novel's
ending  with a chronology  notes  original illustrations by Samuel Luke Fildes  appendices on
opium use in the nineteenth century  the 'Sapsea Fragment' and Dickens's plans for the story's
conclusion. For more than seventy years  Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic
literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1 700 titles  Penguin Classics
represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and
disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions
and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors  as well as up-to-date
translations by award-winning translators.

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