The moonstone
"The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night the priceless stone is stolen again and when Sergeant Cuff is brought in to investigate the crime, he soon realizes that no one in Rachel's household is above suspicion. Hailed by T. S. Eliot as the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels, The Moonstone is a marvellously taut and intric…
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- Full title :The moonstone / Wilkie Collins ; edited and with an introduction by Sandra Kemp
Summary
"The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night the priceless stone is stolen again and when Sergeant Cuff is brought in to investigate the crime, he soon realizes that no one in Rachel's household is above suspicion. Hailed by T. S. Eliot as the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels, The Moonstone is a marvellously taut and intricate tale of mystery, in which facts and memory can prove treacherous and not everyone is as they first appear."--Back cover
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- Publication Date:1998
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin Books
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1998
Notes
"First published in 1868"--Title page verso
The Physical Object
- Description:xxxix, 477 pages : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0140434089, 9780140434088
- oclc:on1319726395
- LC Classification:PR4494
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