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Originally Posted by kennyc
I presume the Simmons is based to some extent on the Dickens? I know nothing about either one at this point. But I know Simmons has based a number of his works (maybe all ?) on various historical literature.
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Not sure to what extent Dickens' novel is a basis for Simmons'; but the narrator is Wilkie Collins and Dickens is the principal character.
In Simmons' book, Drood is an evil underworld villain (according to the back cover which is all I've read so far
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