The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a novel that is itself the subject of
one of literature's most enduring mysteries. The story recounts the
troubled romance of Rosa Bud and the book's eponymous character,
who later vanishes. Was Drood murdered, and if so by whom? All
clues point to John Jasper, Drood's lugubrious uncle, who coveted
Rosa. Or did Drood orchestrate his own disappearance? As Charles
Dickens died before finishing the book, the ending is intriguingly
ambiguous.
In his Introduction, Matthew Pearl illuminates the 150-year-long
quest to unravel" "The Mystery of Edwin Drood and lends new insight
into the novel, the literary milieu of 1870s England, and the
private life of Charles Dickens. This Modern Library edition
includes new endnotes and a full transcript of "The Trial of John
Jasper for the Murder of Edwin Drood," the 1914 mock court case
presided over and argued by the likes of G. K. Chesterton and
George Bernard Shaw. Now diehard fans, new readers, and armchair
detectives have another opportunity to solve the mystery Dickens
took to his grave.
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