Or that's what I came to believe, after months of wrestling in darkened rooms with the questions he ran out of time to answer. What's less well known is that Dickens died on purpose – to avoid having to finish it.
It's fairly well known that Dickens died halfway through writing his murky story about an opium-addicted, erotically obsessed choirmaster called John Jasper, who plots to murder his nephew and love rival, Edwin Drood. As a humble crime writer, I was thrilled. Episode two – by moi!" This made some important people laugh and got me the commission. My pitch to the BBC to complete the author's great unfinished novel was short and sweet: "The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
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