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'''''Drood''''' is a 2009 novel written by [[Dan Simmons]]. It is a fictionalized account of the last five years of [[Charles Dickens]]' life told from the viewpoint of Dickens' friend and fellow author, [[Wilkie Collins]]. The title comes from Dickens' unfinished novel, ''[[The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]''. The novel's complex plot mixes fiction with biographical facts from the lives of Dickens, Collins, and other literary and historical figures of the [[Victorian era|Victorian]] era, complicated even further by the narrator's constant use of opium and opium derivatives such as laudanum, rendering him an unreliable narrator. |
'''''Drood''''' is a 2009 novel written by [[Dan Simmons]]. It is a fictionalized account of the last five years of [[Charles Dickens]]' life told from the viewpoint of Dickens' friend and fellow author, [[Wilkie Collins]]. The title comes from Dickens' unfinished novel, ''[[The Mystery of Edwin Drood]]''. The novel's complex plot mixes fiction with biographical facts from the lives of Dickens, Collins, and other literary and historical figures of the [[Victorian era|Victorian]] era, complicated even further by the narrator's constant use of opium and opium derivatives such as laudanum, rendering him an [[unreliable narrator]]. |
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[[Guillermo del Toro]] is scheduled to direct a film adaptation of ''Drood'' for [[Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Wigler|first=Josh|title=Guillermo Del Toro Leaves 'The Hobbit,' So What's Next For The Director?|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/06/01/guillermo-del-toro-leaves-the-hobbit-so-whats-next-for-the-director/|work=MTV Movies Blog|accessdate=26 August 2011}}</ref> |
[[Guillermo del Toro]] is scheduled to direct a film adaptation of ''Drood'' for [[Universal Studios|Universal Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Wigler|first=Josh|title=Guillermo Del Toro Leaves 'The Hobbit,' So What's Next For The Director?|url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/06/01/guillermo-del-toro-leaves-the-hobbit-so-whats-next-for-the-director/|work=MTV Movies Blog|accessdate=26 August 2011}}</ref> |
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| Author | Dan Simmons |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller, Historical fiction |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company (US), Quercus (United Kingdom) |
Publication date | February 2009 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 777 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-316-00702-3 |
| OCLC | 225870345 |
| 813/.54 22 | |
| LC Class | PS3569.I47292 D76 2009 |
Drood is a 2009 novel written by Dan Simmons. It is a fictionalized account of the last five years of Charles Dickens' life told from the viewpoint of Dickens' friend and fellow author, Wilkie Collins. The title comes from Dickens' unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The novel's complex plot mixes fiction with biographical facts from the lives of Dickens, Collins, and other literary and historical figures of the Victorian era, complicated even further by the narrator's constant use of opium and opium derivatives such as laudanum, rendering him an unreliable narrator.
Guillermo del Toro is scheduled to direct a film adaptation of Drood for Universal Pictures.[1]
References
- ^ Wigler, Josh. "Guillermo Del Toro Leaves 'The Hobbit,' So What's Next For The Director?". MTV Movies Blog. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
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