About Edwin Drood

Author : Pete Orford
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781526724373

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Charles Dickens' Unfinished Novel & Our Endless Attempts to End It by Pete Orford Pdf

A tantalizing tour through a true bibliomystery that will “get people talking about one of literature’s greatest enigmas” (KentOnline). When Dickens died on June 9, 1870, he was halfway through writing his last book, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Since that time, hundreds of academics, fans, authors, and playwrights have presented their own conclusion to this literary puzzler. Step into 150 years of Dickensian speculation to see how our attitudes both to Dickens and his mystifying last work have developed. At first, enterprising authors tried to cash in on an opportunity to finish Dickens’ book. Dogged attempts of early twentieth-century detectives proved Drood to be the greatest mystery of all time. Earnest academics of the mid-century reinvented Dickens as a modernist writer. Today, the glorious irreverence of modern bibliophiles reveals just how far people will go in their quest to find an ending worthy of Dickens. Whether you are a die-hard Drood fan or new to the controversy, Dickens scholar Pete Orford guides readers through the tangled web of theories and counter-theories surrounding this great literary riddle. From novels to websites; musicals to public trials; and academic tomes to erotic fiction, one thing is certain: there is no end to the inventiveness with which we redefine Dickens’ final story, and its enduring mystery.

Author : Joseph Grimaldi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Actors
ISBN : OXFORD:N11538584

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Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi by Joseph Grimaldi Pdf

Author : Wendy S. Jacobson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000385267

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The Companion to 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' by Wendy S. Jacobson Pdf

This book, first published in 1986, explores the allusions in Dickens’s work, such as current events and religious and intellectual issues, social customs, topography, costume, furniture and transportation. Together with an analysis of Dickens’s imaginative responses to his culture, and their place in the genesis and composition of the text, this book is a full-scale, thoroughgoing annotation that The Mystery of Edwin Drood requires.

Author : Christopher Lord
Publisher : Harrison Thurman Book
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
ISBN : 0985323639

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The Edwin Drood Murders by Christopher Lord Pdf

The Droodists have arrived in Dickens Junction. Local bookstore owner Simon Alastair has his hands full in his role as co-chair for the latest convention honoring Charles Dickens's uncompleted novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. A movie star, a pesky blogger, dueling scholars, a stage hypnotist, and an old family friend (among others) all have claims on Simon's time. In addition, some Droodists are clearly more-or less-than they appear, including a mysterious young man by the improbable name of Edwin Drood. When a priceless ring and a rare Dickensian artifact go missing, Simon and his reporter-partner Zach Benjamin learn that someone will do anything-including murder-to obtain an object of desire. The Edwin Drood Murders is the new entry in the Dickens Junction mystery series that began with The Christmas Carol Murders, a book that New York Times thriller writer Chelsea Cain called "a love letter to both Dickens and to the small town amateur detectives who've kept the peace in hamlets from River Heights to Cabot Cove."

Author : Henry Jackson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107458871

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About Edwin Drood by Henry Jackson Pdf

Originally published in 1911, this book contains an assessment of the remaining fragments of Dickens' unfinished novel Edwin Drood. Dickens scholar Henry Jackson does not attempt to reconstruct the story's plot, but brings out certain details overlooked by other experts of his day, including clues contained in the book's unpublished cover. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Dickens' final work.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Spirit writings
ISBN : HARVARD:HWJLYU

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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About Edwin Drood by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Xist Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781681956701

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Hunted Down by Charles Dickens Pdf

Catchy detective tales. “A very little key will open a very heavy door.” - Hunted Down, Charles Dickens A fascinating selection of Dickens' detective stories about the law officers and the circumstances in which they work. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

Author : Matthew Pearl
Publisher : Random House
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448104291

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The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl Pdf

1870. Charles Dickens is dead. The final instalment of his last manuscript has vanished. The script was last seen addressed to the publisher whose fortunes depend on it. Since its sudden disappearance the only clue to its whereabouts is a trail of brutal murders. With his livelihood - indeed his life - in jeopardy, Dickens' publisher sets out to unravel the mystery. The trail leads him from bustling West End theatres, through grimy East End backstreets, into the fug of illicit opium dens, as the crime he hopes to solve ensnares him.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Castrovilli Giuseppe
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Cathedrals
ISBN : BSB:BSB10929489

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens Pdf

The biggest mystery of The Mystery of Edwin Drood is how it ends. It began as a serial, as nearly all of Dickens' novels did, but only six installments were published before the author's death in 1870. What we know about Edwin Drood is this: he is betrothed to a young woman named Rosa Bud; they are fond of each other, but uncertain about their future together. Jasper John--Edwin's older uncle and a frequenter of London's opium dens--is infatuated with Rosa, as is Neville Landless, and the two begin to compete for her affection behind the scenes. Then, on Christmas Eve, Drood disappears, leaving behind only a pin and a pocket watch. What became of Edwin Drood that fateful night is one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in literature and it continues to intrigue readers, writers, and literary historians more than 100 years after Dickens' death. This is a free digital copy of a book that has been carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. To make this print edition available as an ebook, we have extracted the text using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology and submitted it to a review process to ensure its accuracy and legibility across different screen sizes and devices. Google is proud to partner with libraries to make this book available to readers everywhere.

Author : Charles Forsyte
Publisher : Scribner Book Company
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:49015000686593

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The Decoding of Edwin Drood by Charles Forsyte Pdf

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447480204

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The Diary of Anne Rodway (Fantasy and Horror Classics) by Wilkie Collins Pdf

Wilkie Collins was an extremely popular author of the Victorian era. Aside from his thirty novels, Collins penned a great amount of short stories across a number of genres. First published in 1856, 'The Diary of Anne Rodway' is one of his best-remembered tales Many of the Gothic romance and horror stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : EAN:8596547062189

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens Pdf

"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" is the final novel by Charles Dickens, which was left unfinished. Even though the name suggests the principal personage is Edwin Drood, most of the plot centers on other characters, such as Drood's uncle, John Jasper, and Rosa Bud, Edwin Drood's fiancée, Neville Landless, the high-spirited and hot-tempered Drood's antagonist. The characters get drawn into a very complex chain of events, starting from the mysterious disappearance of Edwin Drood.

Author : CHARLES DICKENS
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD BY CHARLES DICKENS by CHARLES DICKENS Pdf

Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers since its publication, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is edited with an introduction by David Paroissien in Penguin Classics. Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age, but when they find that duty has gradually replaced affection, they agree to break off the engagement. 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 jealous uncle John Jasper, madly in love with Rosa, is the killer. And beyond this presumed crime there are further intrigues: the dark opium dens of the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham, and the sinister double life of Choirmaster Jasper, whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his respectable appearance. Dickens died before completing The Mystery of Edwin Drood, leaving its tantalising mystery unsolved and encouraging successive generations of readers to turn detective. This edition contains an introduction by David Paroissien, discussing the novel's ending, with a chronology, notes, original illustrations by Samuel Luke Fildes, appendices on opium use in the nineteenth century, the 'Sapsea Fragment' and Dickens's plans for the story's conclusion. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language, whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books, including Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield and The Pickwick Papers, have been adapted for stage and screen and read by millions.

Author : Sharon Aronofsky Weltman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0813944325

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Victorians on Broadway by Sharon Aronofsky Weltman Pdf

Broadway productions of musicals such as The King and I, Oliver!, Sweeney Todd, and Jekyll and Hyde became huge theatrical hits. Remarkably, all were based on one-hundred-year-old British novels or memoirs. What could possibly explain their enormous success? Victorians on Broadway is a wide-ranging interdisciplinary study of live stage musicals from the mid- to late twentieth century adapted from British literature written between 1837 and 1886. Investigating musical dramatizations of works by Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, Christina Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others, Sharon Aronofsky Weltman reveals what these musicals teach us about the Victorian books from which they derive and considers their enduring popularity and impact on our modern culture. Providing a front row seat to the hits (as well as the flops), Weltman situates these adaptations within the history of musical theater: the Golden Age of Broadway, the concept musicals of the 1970s and 1980s, and the era of pop mega-musicals, revealing Broadway's debt to melodrama. With an expertise in Victorian literature, Weltman draws on reviews, critical analyses, and interviews with such luminaries as Stephen Sondheim, Polly Pen, Frank Wildhorn, and Rowan Atkinson to understand this popular trend in American theater. Exploring themes of race, religion, gender, and class, Weltman focuses attention on how these theatrical adaptations fit into aesthetic and intellectual movements while demonstrating the complexity of their enduring legacy.