The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The Moutsatone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British cpistolary novel. It is an carly example of the modern detective novel, and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday. It is a legacy from her uncle, a corrupt British army officer who served in India. The diamond is of great religious significance and extremely valuable, Rachel's eighteenth birthday is celebrated with a large party at which the guests. She wears the Moonstone on her dress that evening for all to see, including some Indian jugglers who have called at the house. Later that night the diamond is stolen from Rachel's bedroom, and a period of turmoil, unhappiness, misunderstandings and ill luck ensues. Told by a series of narratives from some of the main characters, the complex plot traces the subsequent efforts to explain the theft, identify the thief, trace the stone and recover it.
"The first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels in a genre invented by Collins and not by Poe" -- T.S. Eliot, author of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock "Probably the very finest detective story ever written." -- Dorothy L. Sayers "Probably the best detective tale in the world." -- G. K. Chesterton, author of The Victorian Age in Literature
Wilkie Collins (January 8, 1824-September 23, 1889) was the author of thirty novels, more than sixty short stories, fourteen plays (including an adaptation of The Moonstone), and more than one hundred nonfiction pieces. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780062227317 |
| ISBN 10 | 0062227319 |
| Title | The Moonstone |
| Author | Wilkie Collins |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2014-07-31 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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