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First published serially in 1868, Wilkie Collins’s “The Moonstone” is generally considered as the first full length detective novel in the English language. The novel concerns a large valuable diamond plundered from India by Colonel Herncastle during the Siege of Seringapatam. Herncastle, who has been shunned by his own family, decides to bequeath the diamond to his niece Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. At her birthday party, Rachel wears the Moonstone for all to see, later that night the diamond goes missing from her room and quickly an investigation ensues to discover the identity of the thief and recover the jewel. Suspicion quickly falls upon three Indian jugglers at the party who are actually disguised Hindu priests who have dedicated their lives to recovering the diamond which has great religious significance. Despite the efforts of Sergeant Cuff, a renowned detective, the night ends with the mystery unsolved. Described by G. K. Chesterton as “probably the best detective tale in the world”, “The Moonstone” is one of Wilkie Collins’s most popular works which influenced the development an entirely new genre of fiction. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.
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"The first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels in a genre invented by Collins and not by Poe."--T.S. Eliot, author of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Probably the very finest detective story ever written."--Dorothy L. Sayers
"Probably the best detective tale in the world."--G. K. Chesterton, author of "The Victorian Age in Literature"
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- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1420955012
- ISBN 13 9781420955019
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages398
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