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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.     Subjects     Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.     Separation (Psychology) -- Fiction.     Choral conductors -- Fiction.     Missing persons -- Fiction.     England -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.       by title:      The mystery of Edwin...       by call number:      FICTION DIC     Search the Web     Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.     Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.     Separation (Psychology) -- Fiction.     Choral conductors -- Fiction.     Missing persons -- Fiction.     England -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The mystery of Edwin Drood / Charles Dickens ; with an introduction by Peter Ackroyd and illustrations by Luke Fildes and Charles Collins. by Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Alfred A. Knopf ; 2004. Call #: FICTION DIC Subjects Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.   Separation (Psychology) -- Fiction.   Choral conductors -- Fiction.   Missing persons -- Fiction.   England -- Fiction. Series Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ISBN:  9781400043286 (hc.) Description:  xxvii, 284 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Notes:  Originally published in 1870. Summary:  "Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel is in many ways his most intriguing. A highly atmospheric tale of murder, The Mystery of Edwin Drood foreshadows both the detective stories of Conan Doyle and the nightmarish novels of Kafka. As in many of Dickens's greatest novels, the gulf between appearance and reality drives the action. Set in the seemingly innocuous cathedral town of Cloisterham, the story rapidly darkens with a sense of impending evil. Central to the plot is John Jasper: in public he is a man of integrity and benevolence; in private he is an opium addict. And while seeming to smile on the engagement of his nephew, Edwin Drood, he is, in fact, consumed by jealousy, driven to terrify the boy's fiancee and to plot the murder of Edwin himself. Though The Mystery of Edwin Drood is one of its author's darkest books, it also bustles with a vast roster of memorable - and delightfully named - minor characters: Mrs. Billikins, the landlady; the foolish Mr. Sapsea; the domineering philanthropist, Mr. Honeythunder; and the mysterious Datchery. Several attempts have been made over the years to complete the novel and solve the mystery, but even in its unfinished state it is a gripping and haunting masterpiece."--Publisher. Genre:  Classic fiction. Psychological fiction. Mystery fiction. Other authors:  Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- Fildes, Luke, Sir, 1844-1927. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Mystery Fiction FICTION DIC Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Adult Mystery Fiction FICTION DIC Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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