Author: Dan Simmons
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Keywords: drood
Number of Pages: 800
Published: 2010-02-08
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 031600703X
ISBN-13: 9780316007030

On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens--at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world--hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever. Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something mor

Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: BiblioBazaar
Keywords: drood, edwin, mystery
Number of Pages: 268
Published: 2007-03-02
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 1426435797
ISBN-13: 9781426435799

Shaking from head to foot the man whose scattered consciousness has thus fantastically pieced itself together at length rises supports his trembling frame upon his arms and looks around.

Author: Percy T. Carden
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: drood, edwin, murder
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2009-01-28
List price: $20.75
ISBN-10: 0559917686
ISBN-13: 9780559917684

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Everyman’s Library
Keywords: library, everyman, drood, edwin, mystery
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2004-11-02
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 140004328X
ISBN-13: 9781400043286

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)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

Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Keywords: classics, library, ntc, wordsworth, stories, edwin, drood, mystery
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 1998-10-05
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 1853267295
ISBN-13: 9781853267291

Dickens’ final novel, left unfinished at his death in 1870, is a mystery story much influenced by the ’Sensation Novel’ as written by his friend Wilkie Collins. The action takes place in an ancient cathedral city and in some of the darkest places in Victorian London. Drugs, disappearances, sexual obsession, disguise and a possible murder are among the themes and motifs. A sombre and menacing atmosphere, a fascinating range of characters and Dickens’ usual command of language combine to make this an exciting and tantalising story. Also included in this volume are a nu