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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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