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The Moonstone

Introduction by Catherine Peters

By Wilkie Collins
Introduction by Carolyn G. Heilbrun

By Wilkie Collins
Introduction by Carolyn G. Heilbrun

By Wilkie Collins
Introduction by Catherine Peters

By Wilkie Collins
Introduction by Catherine Peters

By Wilkie Collins
Introduction by Carolyn G. Heilbrun

By Wilkie Collins
Introduction by Carolyn G. Heilbrun

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Part of Modern Library Classics

Part of Everyman's Library Classics Series

Paperback $11.00

Sep 11, 2001 | ISBN 9780375757853

Hardcover $25.00

Dec 15, 1992 | ISBN 9780679417224

Ebook $7.99

Jul 22, 2009 | ISBN 9780307422187

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    About The Moonstone

    "The Moonstone is a page-turner," writes Carolyn Heilbrun. "It catches one up and unfolds its amazing story through the recountings of its several narrators, all of them enticing and singular." Wilkie Collins’s spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genre–the detective mystery. Hinging on the theft of an enormous diamond originally stolen from an Indian shrine, this riveting novel features the innovative Sergeant Cuff, the hilarious house steward Gabriel Betteridge, a lovesick housemaid, and a mysterious band of Indian jugglers.

    This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the definitive 1871 edition.

    About The Moonstone

    The Moonstone is a stunning yellow diamond the size of a bird’s egg that glows like the harvest moon and harbors a flaw in its brilliant depths.  Inherited by the beautiful young Englishwoman Rachel Verinder, it is also a sacred talisman to the Hindu priests who hope to bring it back to their holy city in India, from which it was looted long ago.  The diamond’s disappearance sets in motion an intricately plotted mystery.  Wilkie Collins gives the reader all the necessary pieces to the puzzle, but they are so cleverly disguised that his surprise ending takes the breath away. 
       
    The elements that make up The Moonstone—a purloined jewel that carries a mysterious curse, an indefatigable British police sergeant, a drama of theft and murder in a spacious country house—have been repeated, in varying guises, throughout much of the avalanche of detective fiction that followed Collins’s immensely popular 1868 novel.  But none of those books has surpassed the richness and suspense of the storytelling of The Moonstone, the first detective novel and the continuing standard of its genre.

    Introduction by Catherine Peters

    About The Moonstone

    "The Moonstone is a page-turner," writes Carolyn Heilbrun. "It catches one up and unfolds its amazing story through the recountings of its several narrators, all of them enticing and singular." Wilkie Collins’s spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genre–the detective mystery. Hinging on the theft of an enormous diamond originally stolen from an Indian shrine, this riveting novel features the innovative Sergeant Cuff, the hilarious house steward Gabriel Betteridge, a lovesick housemaid, and a mysterious band of Indian jugglers.

    This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the definitive 1871 edition.

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    About Wilkie Collins

    William Wilkie Collins was born in London in 1824, the eldest son of a successful painter, William Collins. He studied law and was admitted to the bar but never practiced his nominal profession, devoting his time to writing instead. His… More about Wilkie Collins

    About Wilkie Collins

    William Wilkie Collins was born in London in 1824, the eldest son of a successful painter, William Collins. He studied law and was admitted to the bar but never practiced his nominal profession, devoting his time to writing instead. His… More about Wilkie Collins

    About Wilkie Collins

    William Wilkie Collins was born in London in 1824, the eldest son of a successful painter, William Collins. He studied law and was admitted to the bar but never practiced his nominal profession, devoting his time to writing instead. His… More about Wilkie Collins

    Product Details

    Category: Classic Fiction | Crime Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Paperback | $11.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Sep 11, 2001 | 528 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375757853

    Category: Classic Fiction | Crime Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Hardcover | $25.00
    Published by Everyman’s Library
    Dec 15, 1992 | 528 Pages | 5 x 8 | ISBN 9780679417224

    Category: Classic Fiction | Crime Fiction | Suspense & Thriller

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Modern Library
    Jul 22, 2009 | 528 Pages | ISBN 9780307422187

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