false 329957 87 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. <br><br> 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). <br><br> Edited with an introduction and notes by David Paroissien. 3058467 1870 The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Penguin Classics) total:678|5:116|4:241|3:238|2:66|1:17| 678 2407 1348 100 5 4 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 05:19:10 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 09:09:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Oct 29 12:32:25 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 12:32:57 -0700 2008 Ever since his involvement in a train accident in 1865 on his return from France, and perhaps even before, Dickens was ailing with a v...more...]]> 4 1 false true Wed Mar 04 07:06:36 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 10:10:30 -0800 2009
NOT FUNNY!

this is gonna drive me nuts.

half of me is absolutely 100% certain that jasper is not the guilty party in this mystery; the other half thinks i'm an idiot b...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:54:39 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:59:14 -0800 2009
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I don't know how to rate a book that's only half-written due to author demise, so I won't assign stars. It's not my habit to read unfinished novels. I only read this so I could see Dan Simmons' jumping-off point for his recent D...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 21 11:15:14 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 11:25:17 -0800 2008
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It took a good 25 t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 06:32:54 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 08:01:34 -0700 2009 Drood. I hadn't touched Dickens since grade school, though I didn't hate him when when forced to read for class.

I was surprised at how enchanted I was by this story. Certainly, Dickens does not say anything in two words that can ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 25 07:50:48 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 20 22:48:59 -0700 2009 ’Rosa, even if my dear boy was affianced to you, I loved you madly; even when I thought his happiness in having you for his wife was certain, I loved you madly; even when I strove to make him more ardently devoted to you, I loved you madly; even when he gave me the picture of your lovely face so c...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat May 31 21:15:45 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 13 04:20:56 -0700 2009
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