The MoonStone - Wilkie Collins - Books - Independently Published - 9798716140950 - March 3, 2021
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The MoonStone

The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. It is generally considered to be the first detective novel, and it established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel.

The story was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round. The Moonstone and The Woman in White are widely considered to be Collins' best novels, and Collins adapted The Moonstone for the stage in 1877, although the production was performed for only two months.

Rachel Verinder, a young Englishwoman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday. It is a legacy from her uncle, a corrupt English army officer who served in India. The diamond is of great religious significance as well as being extremely valuable, and three Hindu priests have dedicated their lives to recovering it. The story incorporates elements of the legendary origins of the Hope Diamond (or perhaps the Orloff Diamond).

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 3, 2021
ISBN13 9798716140950
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 510
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 26 mm   ·   675 g
Language English  

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