Le Mystère d’Edwin Drood
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Le Mystère d'Edwin Drood (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) est le quinzième et dernier roman de Charles Dickens, mort subitement en juin 1870 avant qu'il puisse le terminer, épuisé par une tournée d'adieu de douze lectures publiques de ses œuvres2,3. Seules six des douze livraisons mensuelles projetées ont été publiées par Chapman & Hall d'avril à septembre 1870, avec des illustrations de Samuel Luke Fidles et une couverture de Charles Allston Collins. Paru en volume le 30 avril de cette même année avec des illustrations de Marcus Stone, le roman, quoique donnant quelques indications sur la suite qui lui aurait été destinée, laisse de nombreux mystères que critiques et écrivains s'essayent à élucider sans discontinuer depuis 1870.
L'histoire se déroule à Cloisterham, ville imaginaire inspirée à Dickens par Rochester, dans le Kent, dont la topographie, l'architecture et l'atmosphère, bien connues de lui qui a passé une partie de son enfance dans la ville voisine de Chatham, sont fidèlement évoquées4,5. Elle concerne surtout le jeune Edwin Drood, orphelin promis par testament à Rosa Bud, elle aussi orpheline, union assortie d'une coquette fortune. Edwin Drood est très lié à son oncle Jasper, personnage divisé, adepte des fumeries d'opium de Londres, ainsi que chantre, maître de chœur à la cathédrale de la ville et secrètement amoureux de sa future nièce. D'autres personnages assez mystérieux, comme les jumeaux Neville et Helena Landless venus de Ceylan, compliquent les relations liant les divers acteurs de l'histoire.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the fifteenth and final novel by Charles Dickens, who died suddenly in June 1870 before he could finish it, exhausted from a farewell tour of twelve public readings of his works. ,3. Only six of the projected twelve monthly issues were published by Chapman & Hall from April to September 1870, with illustrations by Samuel Luke Fidles and a cover by Charles Allston Collins. Published in volume on April 30 of that same year with illustrations by Marcus Stone, the novel, although giving some indications of the sequel that would have been intended for it, leaves many mysteries that critics and writers have been trying to elucidate without stopping since 1870. .
The story takes place in Cloisterham, an imaginary town inspired by Dickens by Rochester, Kent, whose topography, architecture and atmosphere, well known to him who spent part of his childhood in the nearby town of Chatham , are faithfully mentioned4,5. It concerns especially the young Edwin Drood, an orphan promised by will to Rosa Bud, also an orphan, a union accompanied by a tidy fortune. Edwin Drood is very close to his uncle Jasper, a divided character, follower of London's opium dens, as well as cantor, choirmaster at the city's cathedral and secretly in love with his future niece. Other rather mysterious characters, such as the twins Neville and Helena Landless from Ceylon, complicate the relationships between the various actors in the story.
L'histoire se déroule à Cloisterham, ville imaginaire inspirée à Dickens par Rochester, dans le Kent, dont la topographie, l'architecture et l'atmosphère, bien connues de lui qui a passé une partie de son enfance dans la ville voisine de Chatham, sont fidèlement évoquées4,5. Elle concerne surtout le jeune Edwin Drood, orphelin promis par testament à Rosa Bud, elle aussi orpheline, union assortie d'une coquette fortune. Edwin Drood est très lié à son oncle Jasper, personnage divisé, adepte des fumeries d'opium de Londres, ainsi que chantre, maître de chœur à la cathédrale de la ville et secrètement amoureux de sa future nièce. D'autres personnages assez mystérieux, comme les jumeaux Neville et Helena Landless venus de Ceylan, compliquent les relations liant les divers acteurs de l'histoire.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the fifteenth and final novel by Charles Dickens, who died suddenly in June 1870 before he could finish it, exhausted from a farewell tour of twelve public readings of his works. ,3. Only six of the projected twelve monthly issues were published by Chapman & Hall from April to September 1870, with illustrations by Samuel Luke Fidles and a cover by Charles Allston Collins. Published in volume on April 30 of that same year with illustrations by Marcus Stone, the novel, although giving some indications of the sequel that would have been intended for it, leaves many mysteries that critics and writers have been trying to elucidate without stopping since 1870. .
The story takes place in Cloisterham, an imaginary town inspired by Dickens by Rochester, Kent, whose topography, architecture and atmosphere, well known to him who spent part of his childhood in the nearby town of Chatham , are faithfully mentioned4,5. It concerns especially the young Edwin Drood, an orphan promised by will to Rosa Bud, also an orphan, a union accompanied by a tidy fortune. Edwin Drood is very close to his uncle Jasper, a divided character, follower of London's opium dens, as well as cantor, choirmaster at the city's cathedral and secretly in love with his future niece. Other rather mysterious characters, such as the twins Neville and Helena Landless from Ceylon, complicate the relationships between the various actors in the story.