Au Wilkie Collins

The Moonstone Au Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer and he is the author of the classic literature & fiction British Detective novel The Moonstone which was originally published in 1868. The Moonstone is a British Detective novel that is generally considered to be the first detective novel ever written in the English language. The Moonstone in many respects reads like a thiller & suspense novel and it centers on a diamond. Colonel Herncastle, an unpleasant former soldier, brings the Moonstone back with him from India where he acquired it by theft and murder during the Siege of Seringapatam. Angry at his family, who shun him, Colonel Herncastle leaves the Moonstone in his will as a birthday gift to his niece Rachel, thus exposing her to attack by the stone's hereditary guardians, who, legend says, will stop at nothing to retrieve it. The Moonstone was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine All The Year Round. The literature & fiction classic novel is considered to be Wilkie Collins' best work. In addition to creating many of the ground rules for the mystery detective genre, The Moonstone also reflected Wilkie Collins' enlightened social attitudes in his treatment of the servants in the novel. The British Detective classic is often categorized as a mystery, thriller & suspense, and a historical mystery, it is often required textbook reading in many high school and university english courses. The Moonstone was also adapted for the stage in 1877, but the production was performed for only two months.