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Drood
A Novel
Hardcover, 777 pages, Little Brown & Co, List Price: $26.99 | purchase
Book Summary
A tale inspired by the mysterious final years of Charles Dickens finds the fifty-three-year-old literary master irrevocably changed when a train journey with his mistress ends in violence.
This book is about:
- Dickens, Charles,
- London (England),
- Historical fiction,
- Biographical fiction,
- 19th century,
- History,
- Mystery fiction,
- Fiction
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'Drood', 'Twilight' Offer Old Horror, New Thrills
February 23, 2009 Two recent contributions to the horror genre, Drood and the Twilight saga, have breathed new life into old thrills and chills. Maureen Corrigan has a review.
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