Charles Dickens
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
originally published:
London : Chapman and Hall
1870
The Newton copy of the first printing in the only surviving example of the original dustwrapper, as illustrated in John C. Eckel's 1932 bibliography.
awards:
- Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone(1870)
reference info
bio notes:
born: 2/7/1812
died: 6/9/1870
born as: Charles John Huffman Dickens
nationality: Great Britain
English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature Random Dickens trivia - the first professional baseball team was the Dolly Vardens, a Philadelphia, PA all-African-American, all-female baseball team formed in 1867 (two years before the Cincinnati Red Stockings). Their name came from a character in the Dickens's novella Barnaby Rudge. The Dolly Vardens folded after a short time due to lack of support.
