Status Updates From The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Not a very big update, but I managed to read one chapter this morning! I am enjoying the novel dearly and am expecting a plot twist soon.

I must say, the dialogue can be troubling to follow, but I think I am getting the hang of it.

As someone who is simply just enamored with gothic fiction, I knew that I would thoroughly enjoy this novel. Alas, I was right!

Compared to my last required reading, Waverley by Sir Walter Scott, this novel is a breath of fresh air.

While I do fear the unfinished ending, it makes me even more eager and excited to read it!

“Mas faltam as provas, caro senhor; é preciso construí-las, pedra sobre pedra — prosseguiu o presidente da câmara. — Como eu costumo dizer, a pedra angular tem de coroar a obra. Não basta à justiça ter uma certeza moral; tem de ter, igualmente, uma certeza imoral... ou seja, legal.”

An unusual beginning! Only time will tell if I love this novel dearly or despise it with every fiber of my being.

I must say, Dickens' writing is very reminiscent of Thomas De Quincey's opium-driven stories. However, De Quincey's was mostly babble and all over the place.

At least Dickens seems to have an idea--not the most profound, but an idea at the most!