01503cam a2200301 i 4500 623535410 TxAuBib 20000720120000.0 811204s1989||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u non70-420185 9780192545169 0192545167 (OCoLC)23859829 TXKPL eng rda TXKPL MvI TxAuBib rda Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. The mystery of Edwin Drood / by Charles Dickens ; illus. by Luke Fildes & Charles Collins. New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. 278 pages : original illustrations. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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. 1070L Lexile. 20000720. England Social life and customs 19th century Fiction. Fiction. lcgft TXKPL