The Mystery of Edwin Drood（艾德温·德鲁德之谜） 立即阅读
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was unfinished at the time of Dickens's death on 9 June 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium addict, who is in love with his pupil, Rosa Bud. Miss Bud, Edwin Drood's fiancée, has also caught the eye of the high-spirited and hot-tempered Neville Landless. Landless and Edwin Drood take an instant dislike to one another. Later Drood disappears under mysterious circumstances.
一名《花柳深情传》，四卷三十二回，成书于清光绪乙未年（1895年），六年后即光绪辛丑年（1901年）上海书局石印本行世。小说末尾明确指出作者题写的书名为《醒世新编》。而《花柳深情传》之名盖书商为迎合读者心理而妄改之名，袭才子佳人之俗套，殊乖作者本意。故今之校点本恢复原名。小说通过浙东魏家的兴衰深刻反映了时文、缠足、鸦片对个人、家庭和社会的巨大危害。这部小说的价值不但在于真实的再现了时文、缠足、鸦片对于中国近代社会的巨大危害，而且更是在多个方面对后来出现的“新小说”产生了深刻的影响。如《醒世新编》中的现实主义创作精神、心理描写与议论手法的大量运用和“新民”形象等都对“新小说”产生了深刻影响。
