This is the illustrated and annotated edition including an extensive biographical essay about the author and his life as well as a wealth of original illustrations.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood was Charles Dickens' last novel and remained - unfortunately - unfinished. There was a lot of discussion about what Dickens could have had in his mind as solution for the plot. Was Mr. Jasper really a murderer? What was the real mystery of Edwin Drood's death? We will never know, but this novel will surely make your mind reel after you read it to the ... end?