The Moonstone

The Moonstone

by William Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone

The Moonstone

by William Wilkie Collins

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The title, The Moonstone, refers to a brilliantly beautiful but flawed gem seized by a British officer in India. The officer brings it back to England as a family heirloom with a supposed curse placed upon it. The officer leaves the stone to his niece, Rachel Verinder, for her to inherit when she turns 18.

This classic work by Wilkie Collins is an early example of the modern detective novel that set many of the ground rules of the genre.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781914602177
Publisher: Chiltern Publishing
Publication date: 07/11/2023
Series: Chiltern Classics
Pages: 420
Sales rank: 224,073
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.20(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

William (Wilkie) Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White, a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for The Moonstone, which has been proposed as the first modern English detective novel.

William (Wilkie) Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White, a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for The Moonstone, which has been proposed as the first modern English detective novel.
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