The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Автор:
Charles DickensЖанр:
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2026-07-13Язык книги:
EnglishКол-во страниц:
95
Description
Choirmaster John Jasper has two secrets: an addiction to opium, and a burning love for Rosa, the fiancée of his nephew, Edwin Drood. When Edwin vanishes without a trace one night, his uncle becomes just one of the suspects in Edwin’s disappearance, as it turns out that several other residents of the town of Cloisterham also seek Rosa’s affections. Who’s the real murderer? We’ll never know—Dickens died with this, his final novel, only half finished, and he left no notes outlining how the story would end. Dickens scholars have pored over his papers and correspondence for more than a century, hoping to find the answer.
Despite its conspicuous lack of conclusion, The...
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