9781499764031

The Moonstone

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ISBN13: 9781499764031

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This edition contains the original and unabridged text of The Moonstone.The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is generally considered the first full length detective novel in the English language. The Moonstone and The Woman in White are widely considered Wilkie Collins' best novels. Besides creating many of the ground rules of the detective novel, The Moonstone also reflected Collins' enlightened social attitudes in his treatment of the servants in the novel.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 greatreligious significance as well as being extremely valuable, and three Hindu priests have dedicated their lives to recovering it. Rachel's eighteenth birthday is celebrated with a large party, at which theguests include her cousin Franklin Blake. 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.

ISBN-13

9781499764031

ISBN-10

1499764030

Weight

1.03 Pounds

Dimensions

6.69 x 0.65 x 9.61 In

List Price

$11.65

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

288 pages

Publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Published On

2017-12-15



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