{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-edwin-drood-and-other-stories","title":"The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e6b, Charles Dickens. London: Chapman and Hall 193 Piccadilly aprox. 1875\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"243\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"50\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"48\" data-start=\"2\"\u003eThe Mystery of Edwin Drood and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e usually refers to a collection centered on \u003cstrong data-end=\"139\" data-start=\"94\"\u003eCharles Dickens’s final, unfinished novel\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem data-end=\"169\" data-start=\"141\"\u003eThe Mystery of Edwin Drood\u003c\/em\u003e (1870), often paired with selected shorter works to round out the volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-end=\"277\" data-start=\"245\"\u003eThe Mystery of Edwin Drood\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"920\" data-start=\"278\"\u003eThis novel is one of literature’s great cliffhangers. Dickens died before completing it, leaving readers to puzzle over its intended ending. Set in the shadowy cathedral town of \u003cstrong data-end=\"471\" data-start=\"456\"\u003eCloisterham\u003c\/strong\u003e, the story follows the disappearance of young \u003cstrong data-end=\"533\" data-start=\"518\"\u003eEdwin Drood\u003c\/strong\u003e and the suspicious behavior of his opium-using uncle, \u003cstrong data-end=\"603\" data-start=\"588\"\u003eJohn Jasper\u003c\/strong\u003e, the cathedral choirmaster. The book blends \u003cstrong data-end=\"708\" data-start=\"648\"\u003egothic atmosphere, psychological tension, and dark humor\u003c\/strong\u003e, suggesting a turn toward crime fiction that Dickens never fully got to finish. The central mystery—\u003cem data-end=\"850\" data-start=\"809\"\u003ewas Edwin murdered, and if so, by whom?\u003c\/em\u003e—has fueled over a century of theories, sequels, and imagined endings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3\/4 green leather and marble binding, not dated but about 1875, three edge marble, charming black and white illustrations, intact, four edges slight rubbing, five raised bands, good condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moons Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56139652890790,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0173\/6563\/1040\/files\/C2B010FA-8E21-489B-936A-7A8B1C93DAAF.jpg?v=1769556599","url":"https:\/\/moons-rare-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mystery-of-edwin-drood-and-other-stories","provider":"Moons Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}