Drood: a novel
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Little, Brown and Co., [2009].
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Desc:
777 pages ; 24 cm
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Description
On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens — at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world — hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever.
Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying?
Just as he did in The Terror, Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens's life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens's friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), Drood explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to Dickens's final, unfinished work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Chilling, haunting, and utterly original, Drood is Dan Simmons at his powerful best.
Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession with corpses, crypts, murder, opium dens, the use of lime pits to dissolve bodies, and a hidden subterranean London mere research . . . or something more terrifying?
Just as he did in The Terror, Dan Simmons draws impeccably from history to create a gloriously engaging and terrifying narrative. Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens's life and narrated by Wilkie Collins (Dickens's friend, frequent collaborator, and Salieri-style secret rival), Drood explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to Dickens's final, unfinished work: The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Chilling, haunting, and utterly original, Drood is Dan Simmons at his powerful best.
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Branford/Blackstone Adult Fiction
MYSTERY
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East Lyme Public Adult Fiction
Simmons, Dan (Drood)
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Guilford Adult Fiction
FIC SIMMONS
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Hamden/Miller Adult Mysteries Hardcover
MY/SIMMONS
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Meriden Adult Fiction
FIC SIMMONS
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Old Saybrook/Acton Adult Fiction
F SIMMONS
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Wallingford Adult Fiction
SIMMONS
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0316007021, 9780316007023
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APA Citation (style guide)
Simmons, D. (2009). Drood: a novel. Little, Brown and Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Simmons, Dan, 1948-. 2009. Drood: A Novel. Little, Brown and Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Simmons, Dan, 1948-, Drood: A Novel. Little, Brown and Co, 2009.
MLA Citation (style guide)Simmons, Dan. Drood: A Novel. Little, Brown and Co, 2009.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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