This edition includes added illustrations, with the coat of arms for the city of Rocherster on the front panel and intricate details on the spine. The publication retains its original monthly parts, a selection of 6 books, individually bound in blue-green pictorial wrappers.Ĭhapman & Hall published the First Edition, in London, 1870, and was bound in full red crushed morocco by Cedric Chivers in circa. First edition identificationĬhapman & Hall published the First Edition, First Printing in London, 1870. Charles Dickens passed before the novel could be completed, leaving a tantalizing mystery that will never be solved. The fantastical story intrigues the reader with the darkness the opium dens within the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham, and the sinister double life of Choirmaster Jasper, whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his respectable appearance. Shortly afterwards, in the middle of a storm on Christmas Eve, Edwin disappears, leaving nothing behind but some personal belongings and the suspicion that his killer was his jealous uncle John Jasper, or a fellow orphan Neville, who were both madly in love with Rosa. As they come to age there is recognition that their love has been replaced by friendship, and the engagement is soon broken off. It follows the story of an orphan, Edwin Drood who worked as an engineer for his adoptive father’s firm, and his betrothal to fellow orphan Rosa Bud. Dickens & Dicnensiana, A155 Carr, L.The Mystery of Edwin Drood marked the last of Charles Dickens novels, and was left unfinished in its publication.

OL14870150W Pages 288 Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Ppi 400 References Sadleir, M. Urn:oclc:record:1037244004 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier mysteryofedwindr00dickrich Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6vx0cg7q Identifier-bib GLAD-67121028 Lccn 35016130 Openlibrary_edition Copyright-evidence-date 20080306173141 Copyright-evidence-operator ian frederick-rothwell Copyright-region US External-identifier Addeddate 17:28:25 Associated-names Fildes, Luke, Sir, 1844-1927 Bookplateleaf 0008 Call number ucb_banc:GLAD-67121028 Camera Canon 5D Collection-library ucb_banc Copyright-evidence Evidence reported by ian frederick-rothwell for item mysteryofedwindr00dickrich on March 6, 2008: no visible notice of copyright stated date is 1870.

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