false 5588668 8 Matthew Pearl reopens one of literary history’s greatest mysteries in his most enthralling novel yet, a tale filled with the dazzling twists and turns, the unerring period details, and the meticulous research that thrilled readers of bestsellers <i>The Dante Club</i> and<i> The Poe Shadow</i>.<br><br>Boston, 1870. When news of Charles Dickens’s untimely death reaches the office of his struggling American publisher, Fields & Osgood, partner James Osgood sends his trusted clerk Daniel Sand to await Dickens’s unfinished novel–<i>The Mystery of Edwin Drood</i>. But when Daniel’s body is discovered by the docks and the manuscript is nowhere to be found, Osgood must embark on a transatlantic quest to unearth the novel that will save his venerable business and reveal Daniel’s killer.<br><br>Danger and intrigue abound on the journey, for which Osgood has chosen Rebecca Sand, Daniel’s older sister, to help clear her brother’s name and achieve their singular mission. As they attempt to uncover Dickens’s final mystery, Osgood and Rebecca find themselves racing the clock through a dangerous web of literary lions and drug dealers, sadistic thugs and blue bloods, and competing members of the inner circle. They soon realize that understanding Dickens’s lost ending to <i>Edwin Drood</i> is a matter of life and death, and the hidden key to stopping a murderous mastermind. 5760012 book 17 3 2009 The Last Dickens: A Novel total:395|5:50|4:161|3:137|2:38|1:9| 395 1390 1193 148 0 2 false false Wed Apr 15 15:22:48 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 17:27:13 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 15:22:48 -0700 2009 0 1 false false Tue Mar 17 10:36:33 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 10:37:43 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 06:50:39 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 06:51:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 20:48:07 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 21:06:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 14:01:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 14:02:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false true Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 22:54:14 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 22:54:22 -0700 2009
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It's 1870 shortly after the death of Charles Dickens. James Osgood, of Fields, Osgood, & Co., Dickens authorized American publisher, sends a young clerk down to the docks to get the incoming packet containing the last completed sections of THE MYSTERY OF ED...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 17:33:33 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 05:28:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 11:15:48 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 05:32:56 -0700 2009
I wasn't let down. This is arguably the best of the three in a photo-finish. The story is told along two time-lines, one following Dickens death and the...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 07:14:26 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 07:48:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 07:23:50 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 08:09:14 -0700 2009 Many critics compared Pearl's latest effort to Dan Simmons's recent, lengthy SF novel Drood (***1/2 May/June 2009)óthough they are far different beasts. A historical literary mystery filled with real-life figures, The Last Dickens showcases Pearl's impressive research into the Victorian eraófrom o...

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This book was sitting on the new arrivals shelf and I picked it up based on its title. I've never read anything by Matthew Pearl and I am unf...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 29 11:01:37 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 11:01:37 -0700 2009 Drood. Demoting The Last Dickens to two stars solely in comparison to an...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 13:08:07 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 16:38:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 13:58:40 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 06:43:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 06:04:46 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 15:06:21 -0700 2009 The Last Dickens, the latest novel by Matthew Pearl, focuses on Charles Dickens’s final, unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. With the death of Mr. Dickens, what will become of his final manuscript? Is it really unfinished? If yes, did Dickens leave behind any clues as to how the novel wo...more...]]>