The Mystery of Edwin Drood(I) 艾德溫·德魯德之謎/德魯德疑案(英文版)
TheMysteryofEdwinDroodisthefinalnovelbyCharlesDickens.setinCloisterham,alightlydisguisedRochester,thenovelbeginsasJohnJasperleavesaLondonopiumden.Thenextevening,EdwinDroodvisitsJasper,whoisthechoirmaster.EdwinconfidesthathehasmisgivingsabouthisbetrothaltoRosaBud.Thenextday,EdwinvisitsRosaattheNuns'House.Theyquarrelgood-naturedly.ThoughthenovelisnamedafterthecharacterEdwinDrood,thestoryfocusesonDrood'suncle,precentor,choirmasterandopiumaddict,JohnJasper,whoisinlovewithhispupil,RosaBud.MissBud,Drood'sfiancée,hasalsocaughttheeyeofthehigh-spiritedandhot-temperedNevilleLandless,whocomesfromCeylonwithhistwinsister,Helena.LandlessandDroodtakeaninstantdisliketooneanother.Droodlaterdisappearsundermysteriouscircumstances.ThenovelwasunfinishedatthetimeofDickens'sdeath(9June1870)andhisendingforitisunknown.
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