Edwin Drood

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Edwin Drood is the titular, mysteriously vanished character from Charles Dickens’s unfinished novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood," later adapted into various stage and musical works.

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Edwin Drood canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
title character
adaptedInto film
musical
stage play
television drama
appearsIn The Mystery of Edwin Drood
authorDiedBeforeCompletionOfWork Charles Dickens
centralThemeOfWork mysterious disappearance
uncertain identity of murderer
countryOfOriginOfWork United Kingdom
createdBy Charles Dickens
creatorOccupation novelist
engagedTo Rosa Bud
fictionalHome Cloisterham
fictionalNationality English
fictionalStatus missing person
presumed murder victim
fictionalTimePeriod 19th century
firstPublicationYearOfWork 1870
genreOfWork detective fiction
mystery novel
hasAntagonisticRelationWith John Jasper
hasFictionalOccupation engineer’s apprentice
hasRelative John Jasper
Rosa Bud
hasScholarlyDebateAbout fate of Edwin Drood
identity of his possible murderer
inspiredLaterWorks adaptation theories
critical studies
literary continuations
languageOfWork English
nameOfWork The Mystery of Edwin Drood
notableStageAdaptation Drood
notableStageAdaptationType musical
publicationStatusOfWork unfinished
relativeType fiancée
uncle
roleInWork central mystery figure
titleCharacterOf The Mystery of Edwin Drood
workAuthor Charles Dickens
workPublicationForm serial
workSerializedIn All the Year Round
workSetIn Cloisterham
England

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Eastgate House inspiredWork Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood mainCharacter Edwin Drood
John Jasper relative Edwin Drood
Rosa Bud fiancéeOf Edwin Drood
Rosa Bud engagedTo Edwin Drood
Rosa Bud hasConflictWith Edwin Drood
Alice Nutting portraysCharacter Edwin Drood