ANDREW LANG ON 'EDWIN DROOD'
THE PUZZLE OF DICKENS'S LAST PLOT.ByAndrew Lang. With Illustrations byLuke Fildes, R.A. Crown 8vo, 2s.6d.net.
THE PUZZLE OF DICKENS'S LAST PLOT.ByAndrew Lang. With Illustrations byLuke Fildes, R.A. Crown 8vo, 2s.6d.net.
In this book Mr. Andrew Lang attempts to discover the intention of Dickens as to the "mystery of Edwin Drood," left unsolved by the death of the author. The question is, was Edwin Drood slain by his uncle, John Jasper, as Jasper himself certainly believed; and, if Edwin escaped, how did he escape, and how would Jasper be unaware of his own failure to murder his nephew? There are other subsidiary puzzles of which solutions are offered.The original cover ofEdwin Drood, with two of Luke Fildes's original illustrations, are reproduced for the purpose of identifying the portraits and costumes of the persons in the romance.
In this book Mr. Andrew Lang attempts to discover the intention of Dickens as to the "mystery of Edwin Drood," left unsolved by the death of the author. The question is, was Edwin Drood slain by his uncle, John Jasper, as Jasper himself certainly believed; and, if Edwin escaped, how did he escape, and how would Jasper be unaware of his own failure to murder his nephew? There are other subsidiary puzzles of which solutions are offered.
The original cover ofEdwin Drood, with two of Luke Fildes's original illustrations, are reproduced for the purpose of identifying the portraits and costumes of the persons in the romance.
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