"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" is a "whodunnit"
novel by Charles Dickens, his last novel left unfinished at his death in 1870.
The story centers on the
disappearance of Edwin Droods. John Jasper, Droods uncle, leads a double life as cathedral choirmaster and
opium addict. Secretly, Jasper regularly travels to London opium den to satisfy his craving.
Edwin Drood is engaged to Rosa Bud as a child, but the couple don't have special affection for each other, simply, not in love, so their engagement is dissolved. Jasper holds a passion for Rosa.
The story thickens as Edwin Drood disappears on a Christmas Eve after a raging thunderstorm .
Because of the author's death and the novel left uncompleted, there have been speculations as to what might have happened, or how Dickens might have wanted the story to end. Most commentators presume the obvious, that Jasper murdered Drood. Some events are not clear, for example, the orphaned twins who come to live with Mr Crisparkle in Cloisterham or about Dick Datchery, the disguised detective who arrives to investigate Drood's disappearance.
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