{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-edwin-drood-paperback","title":"The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Pearl\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mystery of Edwin Drood is a novel that is itself the subject of one of literature' s most enduring mysteries. The story recounts the troubled romance of Rosa Bud and the book's eponymous character, who later vanishes. Was Drood murdered, and if so by whom? All clues point to John Jasper, Drood's lugubrious uncle, who coveted Rosa. Or did Drood orchestrate his own disappearance? As Charles Dickens died before finishing the book, the ending is intriguingly ambiguous. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In his Introduction, Matthew Pearl illuminates the 150-year-long quest to unravel\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mystery of Edwin Drood\u003c\/b\u003e and lends new insight into the novel, the literary milieu of 1870s England, and the private life of Charles Dickens. This Modern Library edition includes new endnotes and a full transcript of \"The Trial of John Jasper for the Murder of Edwin Drood,\" the 1914 mock court case presided over and argued by the likes of G. K. Chesterton and George Bernard Shaw. Now diehard fans, new readers, and armchair detectives have another opportunity to solve the mystery Dickens took to his grave.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHARLES DICKENS is the author of such timeless classics as \u003ci\u003eOliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Great Expectations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMATTHEW PEARL is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dante Club, The Poe Shadow, The Last Dickens, The Technologists, The Last Bookaneer, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Dante Chamber, \u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of the Modern Library editions of Dante's \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e (translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) and Edgar Allan Poe's \u003ci\u003eThe Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages, and his nonfiction writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752105017632,"sku":"9780812980455","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4ae5dd1705eace32707baa724e47eeef.webp?v=1779987845","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-mystery-of-edwin-drood-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}