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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charles Dickens · 1870 · Mystery & Detective
In the cathedral town of Cloisterham, Edwin Drood's uncertain engagement, John Jasper's divided life and the arrival of Neville and Helena Landless draw a close circle of guardians, clergy and watchers into Charles Dickens's haunting unfinished mystery.
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This edition
- Title
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood
- Author
- Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
- First published
- 1870
- Illustrated plates
- 78 original artworks · 29 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 24 · about 95,749 words
- Reading time
- 6 h 23 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- August 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #564
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