The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- First published
- 1870
- Reading level
- Easy
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" by Charles Dickens is a novel published in 1870. Dickens's final and unfinished work centers on John Jasper, a cathedral choirmaster and opium addict who desires his pupil Rosa Bud—the fiancée of his nephew Edwin Drood. When Edwin vanishes mysteriously after a tense reconciliation dinner with his rival Neville Landless, suspicion falls on Neville while Jasper's dark obsessions deepen. Set in the cathedral town of Cloisterham, this mystery remains unsolved, as Dickens died before revealing its conclusion.
- England
- Psychological fiction
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
- Cathedrals
- Missing persons
- Choral conductors
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #564. The Mystery of Edwin Drood on Wikipedia.
