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The Woman in White
Published in 1868, it is one of the two books (with The Woman in White) for which Collins is famous. Several incidents in the story are taken from the real life Constance Kent Road Case and the plot is Collins at his diabolical best.
The Moonstone was immensely successful when it was first serialized in the Charles Dickens magazine All the Year Round in 1868. Many of book's elements have since become classic features of the detective novel: the eventual conviction of the least-likely suspect; a bungling investigation led by local police and taken over by a more perceptive, slightly eccentric detective; the idea of a 'mcguffin' or object (in this case a diamond) that everyone wants and around which the plot pivots - to name but a few of the classic tropes first seen here.
The story begins with a brief prologue describing how the eponymous diamond was captured during a military campaign in India by a British officer in 1799. The action moves quickly to 1848 England, where, according to the British officer's will, the diamond has been given to one of the soldier's young relatives, Rachel Verinder. Rachel wears the stone to her birthday party, but that night it disappears from her room.
Was it stolen by a relative? A servant? And who are these three Indian men who keep hanging around the estate?
The intriguing and absorbing plot is told from the point of view of multiple characters - fracturing the narrative in a structure with built in suspense and a style that would be much imitated by later novelists.
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About: Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday.
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About: THE CLASSIC MYSTERY One of the first examples of the detective thriller novel.
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About: The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language.
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About: Widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels, The Moonstone tells of the events surrounding the disappearance of a mysterious (and cursed) yellow diamond.
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About: Description Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.
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This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone (1868) is generally considered the first detective novel written in the English language.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: THE STORMING OF SERINGAPATAM (1799) Extracted from a Family Paper I address these linesâwritten in Indiaâto my relatives in England.
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About: I address these linesâwritten in Indiaâto my relatives in England.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: I address these linesâwritten in Indiaâto my relatives in England.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: Widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels, The Moonstone tells of the events surrounding the disappearance of a mysterious (and cursed) yellow diamond.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: Extracted from a Family Paper I address these linesâwritten in Indiaâto my relatives in England.
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language.
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone was described by T.
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About: The classic book, The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins!
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About: Wilkie Collins' most well-known story, The Moonstone captured the attention and imagination of audiences when it was first published and if you give it the chance to, it will do the same to you today.
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About: Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone.
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About: The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language.
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone By Wilkie Collins
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About: A thrilling tale of mystery and crime from a master storyteller.
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About: The Moonstone
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About: William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 â 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories.
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About: Brand NEW.
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About: Classic / British English The Moonstone is an ancient Indian diamond which brings disaster to everyone who owns it.
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About: The Moonstone opens with a written account of the large, yellow, Moonstone diamond, sacred to Hindus as the centerpiece in their idol of the god of the Moon.
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About: Extracted from a Family Paper I address these linesâwritten in Indiaâto my relatives in England.
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone is one of the most famous suspense novels of all time: a masterpiece of construction and the ultimate page-turner, it introduced one of the world’s most beloved genres, the detective story.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: THE CLASSIC MYSTERY One of the first examples of the detective thriller novel.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: Widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels, The Moonstone tells of the events surrounding the disappearance of a mysterious (and cursed) yellow diamond.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: Description Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone (1868) is generally considered the first detective novel written in the English language.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: THE STORMING OF SERINGAPATAM (1799) Extracted from a Family Paper I address these linesâwritten in Indiaâto my relatives in England.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: I address these linesâwritten in Indiaâto my relatives in England.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: I address these linesâwritten in Indiaâto my relatives in England.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: Widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels, The Moonstone tells of the events surrounding the disappearance of a mysterious (and cursed) yellow diamond.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: Extracted from a Family Paper I address these linesâwritten in Indiaâto my relatives in England.
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language.
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone was described by T.
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: The classic book, The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins!
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: Wilkie Collins' most well-known story, The Moonstone captured the attention and imagination of audiences when it was first published and if you give it the chance to, it will do the same to you today.
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language.
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone By Wilkie Collins
This edition also contains The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: A thrilling tale of mystery and crime from a master storyteller.
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 â 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories.
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About: This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series.
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About: Classic / British English The Moonstone is an ancient Indian diamond which brings disaster to everyone who owns it.
This edition also contains The Moonstone
About: The Moonstone opens with a written account of the large, yellow, Moonstone diamond, sacred to Hindus as the centerpiece in their idol of the god of the Moon.
This edition also contains The Moonstone, The Moonstone
About: Extracted from a Family Paper I address these linesâwritten in Indiaâto my relatives in England.
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