The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens

by William Robertson Nicoll

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331 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1912

About the author

Sir William Robertson Nicoll was a Scottish Free Church minister, writer, journalist and editor. He was editor of the British Weekly and literary adviser to the evangelical English publishing house Hodder & Stoughton.

William Donaldson has described him as 'the Godfather of the Kailyard'.

Reviews

[Eleanor · Rating 3 out of 5]

About twice as long as it needed to be, given the author's tendency to tell us what someone had said, and then quote what they said in full. Still, some interesting arguments about the characters and the possible outcomes of Dickens' unfinished novel.