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Dickens clearly left it half written on purpose.... Mats imaginary friend Send a noteboard - 06/06/2010 04:08:54 AM
First you should know that The Mystery of Edwin Drood was Charles Dickens' last novel. It was left only half finished at his death, and no one knows how it was supposed to end. Simmons is not the first to find inspiration in this state of events. He is not even the first to write his own mystery story with Dickens' novel figuring somewhere at the centre. But he is the first that I know of to make his mystery so completely over the top.


He left it half written so that it would be the greatest "mystery" novel, in the truest sense of the word, for all time.
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/Other Literature: Drood by Dan Simmons Camilla - 02/06/2010 10:47:13 PM 5840 Views
I'm about 200 pages in and I've found the first thing that really annoys me: Rebekah - 02/06/2010 11:15:33 PM 1972 Views
Re: I'm about 200 pages in and I've found the first thing that really annoys me: Camilla - 02/06/2010 11:18:23 PM 2043 Views
Suspect I am getting there. Rebekah - 03/06/2010 11:49:16 PM 1778 Views
There are (okay, were, I'm temporarily living in the 1890s...) MPs who are styled Lord, though. Legolas - 02/06/2010 11:22:33 PM 1834 Views
Link me, please? Rebekah - 02/06/2010 11:31:01 PM 1821 Views
Sure. Legolas - 02/06/2010 11:46:32 PM 2215 Views
Thanks. Rebekah - 03/06/2010 11:48:47 PM 1751 Views
Well? *NM* Camilla - 05/06/2010 02:26:36 PM 1097 Views
Haven't got round to that yet. Been busy. Patience. *NM* Rebekah - 05/06/2010 03:50:13 PM 943 Views
Nice review. I have a possibly difficult question... Legolas - 02/06/2010 11:18:56 PM 1810 Views
Re: Nice review. I have a possibly difficult question... Camilla - 02/06/2010 11:21:24 PM 1797 Views
Re: Nice review. I have a possibly difficult question... DomA - 06/06/2010 01:43:42 AM 1844 Views
That Italian book Camilla - 06/06/2010 09:24:47 AM 1659 Views
Re: That Italian book DomA - 15/06/2010 06:09:22 PM 1744 Views
Re: That Italian book Camilla - 15/06/2010 06:11:33 PM 1740 Views
damning review had it on my wishlist...i'll be taking it off Foxhead - 03/06/2010 05:29:42 PM 1809 Views
Re: damning review had it on my wishlist...i'll be taking it off Camilla - 03/06/2010 05:36:06 PM 1848 Views
edwin drood edwin drood Foxhead - 04/06/2010 10:35:51 AM 1770 Views
Re: edwin drood edwin drood Camilla - 04/06/2010 12:38:13 PM 1810 Views
Have now finished it. Rebekah - 04/06/2010 04:30:48 PM 1770 Views
*spoiler* Camilla - 04/06/2010 04:32:19 PM 1874 Views
Well, within the bounds of the story there's really nothing slanderous in that. Rebekah - 04/06/2010 04:43:34 PM 1792 Views
Re: Well, within the bounds of the story there's really nothing slanderous in that. Camilla - 04/06/2010 04:56:35 PM 1766 Views
Dickens clearly left it half written on purpose.... Mats imaginary friend - 06/06/2010 04:08:54 AM 1891 Views
You are not the first to suggest that Camilla - 06/06/2010 10:32:45 AM 1730 Views
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