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100 1 _aDickens Fellowship
_q(London, England)
245 1 0 _aTrial of John Jasper, lay precentor of Cloisterham Cathedral in the County of Kent, for the murder of Edwin Drood, engineer
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-05-03
508 _aBob Taylor, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"Trial of John Jasper, Lay Precentor of Cloisterham Cathedral in the County of Kent" is a fictional courtroom drama likely written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around John Jasper, accused of the murder of his nephew, Edwin Drood, as he finds himself entangled in a complex web of motives and character relationships leading to the fateful Christmas Eve. The opening of the story introduces the courtroom proceedings on January 7, 1914, where the trial for the murder of Edwin Drood is set to take place. The narrative outlines the characters involved, including Jasper, Drood, and key witnesses such as the Reverend Crisparkle and the stonemason Durdles. Jasper's opium addiction and his growing jealousy over Edwin's engagement with Rosa Bud become apparent as the prosecution builds a case against him, presenting circumstantial evidence that suggests Jasper's nefarious intent towards his nephew. Amidst a backdrop of familial intrigue and dark motives, the scene is set for a gripping exploration of guilt, innocence, and the unfolding drama of the trial. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1914
653 _aTrials (Murder) -- Fiction
653 _aDickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Mystery of Edwin Drood
700 1 _aChesterton, G. K.
_q(Gilbert Keith),
_d1874-1936
700 1 _aLey, J. W. T.
_q(James William Thomas),
_d1879-1943
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/trialofjohnjaspe00jasprich/page/n9/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70690
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