D is for Drood: The Mystery Continues

'Then Ned - so threatened is he, wherever he may be while I am talking to you, dreary - should live to all eternity!'                                    Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood'I will tell you how I see it. …

February: A Classics Challenge

This Month's prompt of A Classics Challenge focuses on character.The classic that I read is The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens. And my favourite character from the book is John Jasper. We first encounter him in an opium den where he is an anonymous, shadowy figure. Later, the author provides us with a description:Mr. …

Dark Desires: Dickens’ Edwin Drood

'Edwin, Edwin, Edwin,' she repeats, trailing off into a drowsy repetition of the word; and then asks suddenly: Is the short of that name Eddy?''It is sometimes called so,'he replies, with the colour starting to his face.'Don't sweethearts call it so?' she asks, pondering.How should I know!'Haven't you a sweetheart, upon your soul?''None.'She is moving …

Edwin Drood: Did he or Didn’t he?

What do you do with a book with an unresolved mystery? The Mystery of Edwin Drood teases you with its suggestions, insinuations, cryptic conversations. I have my own ideas about the mystery [and would be doing a detailed review soon] but right now I am off to read an off-shoot of it: The Last Dickens …

Charles Dickens Month: Edwin, Rosa, and Jasper

This month, I am participating in the Charles Dickens bicentennial celebrations hosted by Amanda at Fig and Thistle. The book that I am reading right now is one that has long been on my wishlist: The Mystery of Edwin Drood. So far, the mystery has been fairly gripping. There are two young people, Edwin and …

Charles Dickens Month: The Man Who Liked Dickens

"We will not have any Dickens today ... but tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that...."As part of Charles Dickens  bicentennial celebration, Amanda @ fig and thistle, is holding a Charles Dickens Month, this January. So read, review, and write about Dickens as part of the celebration.A lot is already known about …