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

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  • The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Charles Dickens' Unfinished Novel & Our Endless Attempts to End It Book Detail

  • Author : Pete Orford
  • Release Date : 2018-07-30
  • Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 275
  • ISBN 13 : 1526724375
  • File Size : 88,88 MB
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Charles Dickens' Unfinished Novel & Our Endless Attempts to End It by Pete Orford PDF Summary

Book Description: 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.

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