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THE PROBLEM OF
‘EDWIN DROOD’
A STUDY IN THE METHODS OF DICKENS
BY
W. ROBERTSON NICOLL
HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ROSEBERY
K.G.
CONTENTS
| PAGE |
PREFACE | |
INTRODUCTION | |
PART I.—THEMATERIALS FOR A SOLUTION | |
CHAPTER I |
|
THE TEXT OF ‘EDWINDROOD’ | |
CHAPTER II | |
EXTERNAL TESTIMONIES | |
NOTES FOR THE NOVEL | |
CHAPTER III | |
THE ILLUSTRATIONS ON THEWRAPPER | |
CHAPTER IV | |
THE METHODS OF DICKENS | |
CHAPTER V | |
WAS EDWIN DROODMURDERED? | |
CHAPTER VI | |
WHO WAS DATCHERY? | |
CHAPTER VII | |
OTHER THEORIES | |
CHAPTER VIII | |
HOW WAS ‘EDWIN DROOD’TO END? | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |