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The Moonstone
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The Moonstone Paperback - 2017

by Wilkie Collins

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The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is generally considered the first detective novel. It established many of the ground rules of the genre's formula. An enormous diamond is stolen from a Hindu temple and resurfaces at a birthday party in an English manor, and, with numerous narrators and suspects, the story weaves through superstitions, romance, humor, and suspicion to solve the mystery. The story was serialised in the magazine All the Year Round, starting on 4 January 1868 and completed on 8 August 1868.

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Widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels, The Moonstone tells of the events surrounding the disappearance of a mysterious (and cursed) yellow diamond. T. S. Eliot called it 'the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels'. It contains a number of ideas which became common tropes of the genre, including a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who happen to be present when it is committed, and two police officers who exemplify respectively the 'Scotland Yard bungler' and the skilled, professional detective.

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  • Title The Moonstone
  • Author Wilkie Collins
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 566
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publication date 2017-08-23
  • ISBN 9781975637347 / 1975637348
  • Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 5.98 x 1.15 in (22.91 x 15.19 x 2.92 cm)
  • Reading level 1040

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