The Mystery of Edwin Drood
de Dickens, Charles, Illustrated by S.L. Fildes
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. Comtemorary green half leather over marbled paper covered boards. Raised spine stamped in gold and sunned to light brown. T.e.g. Outer edg es and joints rubbed. 12 full page illustrations by S.L. Fildes and 2 steel engravings [portrait and titlepage]. Original blue-green front cover for part number V bound in at rear. A nice copy of the first edition in book form of Dickens' last unfinished novel. Eckel p. 96-98; Smith p. 114-17; Podeschi A155.. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Sinopsis
The Mystery of Edwin Drood marked the last of Charles Dickens novels, and was left unfinished in its publication. It follows the story of an orphan, Edwin Drood who worked as an engineer for his adoptive father’s firm, and his betrothal to fellow orphan Rosa Bud. As they come to age there is recognition that their love has been replaced by friendship, and the engagement is soon broken off. Shortly afterwards, in the middle of a storm on Christmas Eve, Edwin disappears, leaving nothing behind but some personal belongings and the suspicion that his killer was his jealous uncle John Jasper, or a fellow orphan Neville, who were both madly in love with Rosa. The fantastical story intrigues the reader with the darkness the opium dens within the sleepy cathedral town of Cloisterham, and the sinister double life of Choirmaster Jasper, whose drug-fuelled fantasy life belies his respectable appearance. Charles Dickens passed before the novel could be completed, leaving a tantalizing mystery that will never be solved.
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- Librería
- Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 000349
- Título
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Autor
- Dickens, Charles, Illustrated by S.L. Fildes
- Formato/Encuadernación
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- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Chapman and Hall
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1870
- Palabras clave
- DICKENS, DICKENSIANA, FIRST EDITION, NINETEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE, ENGLISH LITERATURE S.L. FILDES DICKENS EDITIONS
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Dickens First Editions;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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