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The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

1868376 pagesabout 6–9 hours
1868
first published
  • 1999Oxford University Press · 552 pages · ENGISBN 9780192100283
  • 2006ICON Group International, Inc. · 586 pages · ENGISBN 9780497256838
  • 2006ICON Group International, Inc. · 620 pages · ENGISBN 9780497900236
  • 2007Echo Library · 376 pages · ENGISBN 9781406822724
  • 2006ICON Group International, Inc. · 578 pages · ENGISBN 9780497901219
  • 2006ICON Group International, Inc. · 586 pages · ENGISBN 9780497903534
  • 2006ICON Group International, Inc. · 588 pages · ENGISBN 9780497901967
  • 2006Hard Press · 440 pages · ENGISBN 9781406913934
MysteriousTenseSpaceStandard readModern History

One of the first English detective novels, this mystery involves the disappearance of a valuable diamond, originally stolen from a Hindu idol, given to a young woman on her eighteenth birthday, and then stolen again. A classic of 19th-century literature.

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AtmosphereNoir

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Plot intensityEventful
Character focusSingle lead

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ThemesClassJustice
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