A sense of impending evil hovers over a cathedral town, where one man, an outwardly respectable opium addict, is consumed with jealousy over the engagement of his nephew, Edwin Drood, to a lovely young lady. So enraged is he, that he even plots the younger man's murder. But Drood's sudden disappearance halts further scheming and leaves only one big mystery. What happened to Edwin Drood? And what became of his body?Unfinished at the time of his death, Charles Dickens's intriguing story has become all the more tantalizing for its lack of an ending, leaving a grim puzzle that avid readers, over the years, have tried to solve. A gem for lovers of murder mysteries and the legions of Dickens fans, The Mystery of Edwin Drood remains a gripping and haunting masterpiece.

Introduction by G. K. Chesterton
I The Dawn
II A Dean, and a Chapter Also
III The Nuns' House
IV Mr. Sapsea
V Mr. Durdles and Friend
VI Philanthropy in Minor Canon Corner
VII More Confidences Than One
VIII Daggers Drawn
IX Birds in the Bush
X Smoothing the Way
XI A Picture and a Ring
XII A Night with Durdles
XIII Both at Their Best
XIV When Shall These Three Meet Again?
XV Impeached
XVI Devoted
XVII Philanthropy, Professional and Unprofessional
XVIII A Settler in Cloisterham
XIX Shadow on the Sun-Dial
XX A Flight
XXI A Recognition
XXII A Gritty State of Things Comes On
XXIII The Dawn Again
Appendix: The "Sapsea Fragment"