One of the most famous is 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' by Charles Dickens. It was left unfinished at his death. Another is 'Sanditon' by Jane Austen which has elements of mystery in its social exploration and was also unfinished. And 'Weir of Hermiston' by Robert Louis Stevenson is an unfinished work that had the potential for mystery elements in its Scottish setting.
Sure. 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood' by Charles Dickens is a famous unfinished mystery. It's set in Cloisterham, an old cathedral town. The story revolves around Edwin Drood, a young man engaged to Rosa Bud. There are some rather mysterious characters like John Jasper, Drood's uncle, who has a rather dark and brooding nature. He is secretly in love with Rosa as well. Dickens left the novel unfinished when he died, and it has led to much speculation. Some theories suggest that Drood was murdered by Jasper, while others think he may have faked his own disappearance. The novel gives us a glimpse into the seedy underbelly of the town and the complex relationships among the characters, but without a proper ending, it remains a tantalizing mystery.
Another possibility is that he got distracted by other projects or ideas. Dickens was a very creative person, and he might have come up with a new story idea that he found more exciting or relevant at the time. So, he shifted his focus away from the unfinished novel to pursue this new concept.
Authors' lives can be unpredictable. Take F. Scott Fitzgerald, for instance. He was writing 'The Last Tycoon' when his health deteriorated and he died. Sometimes, external factors like financial problems or personal issues can also disrupt the writing process. It's also possible that an author had a very ambitious plan for a novel but found it too difficult to execute fully. For example, in the case of Herman Melville, his complex ideas might have made it hard to complete some of his works, like 'Billy Budd, Sailor'. In addition, some authors might have started new projects and diverted their attention from the unfinished ones.
Well, 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer can be considered in a sense unfinished as he planned more tales than he actually completed. Then there is 'The Watsons' by Jane Austen. Austen left this novel incomplete. And 'Sanditon' by her too was unfinished. 'The Canterbury Tales' gives us a vivid picture of different characters in medieval England through the completed tales, but it's a pity we don't have all that Chaucer intended. The same goes for Austen's works, where we can only imagine how the stories might have developed based on her writing style and the existing parts.
Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Lighthouse' is also well - known. Poe was a master of the macabre, and this unfinished work has intrigued scholars and fans alike. There are many theories about how it might have ended based on Poe's other works and his writing style.
A beginning without an end usually means that the plot of the novel has a beginning but not an end, which means that the story is not finished yet. This situation was more common when some novelists would stop updating after a certain plot climax or stop writing, resulting in the novel not being completed.
This situation was quite common in novels. Sometimes, the author would come up with a new plot or character, or pause the update for other reasons. At this time, the readers needed to wait patiently for the author to start updating again before the story could continue to develop.
Of course, there were also some novels that had no ending. These novels were called open-ended novels. The author would leave some clues in the story for the readers to explore and discover the answer themselves. This kind of novel writing method also needed to pay attention to the logic and cohesiveness of the plot so that the readers would not misunderstand.
It could have been a story about family secrets. Dickens often explored family relationships in his novels. There might have been a hidden past or a long - lost relative that would have been revealed as the plot unfolded. This would have added an element of mystery and drama, as seen in some of his other works like 'Great Expectations' where Pip's benefactor is a mystery for a long time.
I don't know which novels are unfinished but have become world classics. However, some novels were considered unfinished because of accidents that occurred during the writing process, such as the author's illness or death. However, some of these novels had already been published or widely recognized as classics.
Here are some of the novels that are considered unfinished but have become world classics:
1 "One Hundred Years of Solitude"(more than 900 pages, published in 1967)-Colombia Garcia Marquez
The Catcher in the Rye (1989)-J. D. Salinger
3 The Great Gatsby (20th century to be continued)- F. Scott fitzelder
4 "Three-Body Problem"(published in 2015)-Liu Cixin
5 Dream of the Red Chamber (120 chapters, 18th century)-Qing Dynasty
It should be noted that the ending or the rest of these novels are not certain, but they have become classics in literature.
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