In the cathedral town of Cloisterham, the opium-haunted choirmaster John Jasper nurses a jealous obsession bound up with the sudden disappearance of his nephew Edwin Drood, in Dickens's novel left unfinished at his death.
Books mentioned in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1)
Fables by Jean de La Fontaine: “will have the kindness to write out this evening, in the original language, the first four fables of our vivacious neighbour, Monsieur La Fontaine”
Books that mention The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1)
The Secret City by Hugh Walpole: “reminiscences of "Edwin Drood"”