The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Author : Charles Dickens

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Highlights

English

Language

NA

Edition

496

Pages

9781853267291

ISBN-13

1853267291

ISBN-10

Wordsworth Classics

Publisher

198 mm

Height

129 mm

Width

27 mm

Thickness

Paperback

Binding

Description

The main issue in the novel is the disappearance of Edwin Drood and the suspicion that he has been murdered. But as intriguing as this central plot are the startling innovations in Dickens work and the troubled elements lurking within the novel: a dark opium underworld, the uneasy and violent fantasies of its inhabitants, the disquieting presence of old Princess Puffer, The main issue in the novel is the disappearance of Edwin Drood and the suspicion that he has been murdered. But as intriguing as this central plot are the startling innovations in Dickens work and the troubled elements lurking within the novel: a dark opium underworld, the uneasy and violent fantasies of its inhabitants, the disquieting presence of old Princess Puffer, of the quiet cathedral town of Cloisterham from which people have to escape in order to save themselvesand, at the centre, the menacing figure of Jasper.