The Mystery of Edwin DroodThe Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final, uncompleted novel by Charles Dickens. John Jasper is a choirmaster who is in love with one of his pupils, Rosa Bud. She is the fiancee of his nephew, Edwin Drood. A hot-tempered man from Ceylon also becomes interested in her and he and Drood take an instant dislike to one another. Later, Drood disappears, and as Dickens never finished the novel, Drood's fate remains a mystery indeed. |
Contents
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Chapter IV Mr Sapsea | 60 |
Chapter V Mr Durdles and Friend | 78 |
Chapter VI Philanthropy in Minor Canon Corner | 91 |
Chapter VII More Confidences than One | 110 |
Chapter VIII Daggers Drawn | 129 |
Chapter XIII Both at Their Best | 262 |
Chapter XIV When Shall These Three Meet Again? | 283 |
Chapter XV Impeached | 310 |
Chapter XVI Devoted | 328 |
Chapter XVII Philanthropy Professional and Unprofessional | 348 |
Chapter XVIII A Settler in Cloisterham | 378 |
Chapter XIX Shadow on the SunDial | 396 |
Chapter XX A Flight | 411 |
Chapter IX Birds in the Bush | 149 |
Chapter X Smoothing the Way | 178 |
Chapter XI A Picture and a Ring | 206 |
Chapter XII A Night with Durdles | 234 |
Chapter XXI A Recognition | 431 |
Chapter XXII A Gritty State of Things Comes On | 443 |
Chapter XXIII The Dawn Again | 477 |
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