One of the most mysterious works in world literature, included in the iconic American list “100 Best Detective Novels of All Time.”
Dickens’s last novel—alas, the one that remained unfinished. And for nearly one and a half centuries, literary scholars and simply lovers—researchers of the great English writer’s work, his contemporary colleagues, and even police detectives—have struggled with the question: what would the ending of this novel have to be?
So who killed the wealthy heir Edwin Drood? Jasper, the drug-addicted uncle—a regular at the gloomy Old Woman’s opium den? Or the main suspect of the police—Neville Landless, who grew up in Ceylon, obsessively in love with Edwin’s fiancée Rosa?
And was Drood himself—even though his body was never found—actually murdered?..
Dmitry Bykov shares his thoughts with listeners.