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The Moonstone - The Penguin English Library (Paperback)
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The Moonstone - The Penguin English Library (Paperback)

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The Penguin English Library Edition of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 'Here was our quiet English house suddenly invaded by a devilish Indian Diamond - bringing after it a conspiracy of living rogues, set loose on us by the vengeance of a dead man' When Rachel Verinder's birthday present - the Moonstone, a large Indian diamond - is stolen at her party, suspicion and the diamond's mysterious curse seem set to ruin everyone and everything she loves. Only Sergeant Cuff's famous detective skills offer any hope of peace and a future for them all. The intricate plot and modern technique of multiple narrators made Wilkie Collin's 1868 work a huge success in the Victorian sensation genre. With a reconstruction of the crime, red herrings and a 'locked-room' puzzle, The Moonstone was also a major precursor of the modern mystery novel. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141198873
Number of pages: 640
Weight: 436 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 27 mm

Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was born in London in 1824, the eldest son of the landscape painter William Collins. In 1846 he was entered to read for the bar at Lincoln's Inn, where he gained the knowledge that was to give him much of the material for his writing. From the early 1850s he was a friend of Charles Dickens, who produced and acted in two melodramas written by Collins, The Lighthouse and The Frozen Deep. Of his novels, Collins is best remembered for The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868).

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“The Moonstone”

Mystery, suspense and twists and turns. This book has them all. The Moonstone is the story of a missing gem and the attempt to find the thief, but is stold through various narratives.There are some brilliant... More

Paperback edition
4th May 2009
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“One of the best detective stories ever”

A classic detective story that opened the door for other mysteries. This book just swallowed me up and dragged me along for the ride, I was sneaking 5 minutes whereever I could to read a bit more. The concept is that... More

Paperback edition
23rd December 2010
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“Absolutely enthralling ”

Told through a series of first person narratives, it is populated with enthralling characters and keeps you guessing right until the very end; quite embarrassing to say, at certain points I was convinced I had solved... More

Paperback edition
6th December 2016
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