The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Wordsworth Classics) - Softcover

Dickens, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853267295 ISBN 13: 9781853267291

Verlag: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1998

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20 cm. 412 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Wordsworth classics. Contents The mystery of Edwin Drood -- Master Humphrey's clock -- Hunted down -- Holiday romance -- George Silverman's explanation .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 1853267295; 9781853267291

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With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Preston, University of Nottingham. Illustrations by S.L. Fildes and Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Dickens's final novel, left unfinished at his death, is a tale of mystery whose fast-paced action takes place in an ancient cathedral city and in some of the darkest places in nineteenth-century London. Drugs, sexual obsession, colonial adventuring and puzzles about identity are among the novel's themes. At the centre of the plot lie the baffling disappearance of Edwin Drood and the many explanations of his whereabouts. A sombre and menacing atmosphere, a fascinating range of characters and Dickens's usual superb command of language combine to make this an exciting and tantalising story. Also included in this volume are a number of unjustly neglected stories and sketches, with subjects as different as murder and guilt and childhood romance. This unusual selection illustrates Dickens's immense creativity and versatility.

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The main issue in the novel is the disappearance of Edwin Drood and the suspicion that he has been murdered. But as intriguing as this central plot are the startling innovations in Dicken's work and the troubled elements lurking within the novel: a dark opium underworld, the uneasy and violent fantasies of its inhabitants, the disquieting presence of old 'Princess Puffer', of the quiet cathedral town of Cloisterham from which people have to escape in order to save themselves--and, at the centre, the menacing figure of Jasper.

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• Verlag: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1853267295
• ISBN 13: 9781853267291
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 496
• Zeichner: Fildes S.L., Browne (Phiz) Hablot K.