01841 533804  

The Moonstone

£8.99

When Rachel Verinder is given the Moonstone – a large Indian diamond – on her 18th birthday, she is delighted to show it off at her celebrations. But that very night, the jewel is stolen from her bedroom. As suspicion falls on each member of the party, the curse of the diamond strikes and ill-luck threatens to destroy them all.

Peek Inside

In stock

SKU: 9780141198873 Category: Tag:

Description

The Penguin English Library Edition of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

‘Here was our quiet English house suddenly invaded by a devilish Indian Diamond – bringing after it a conspiracy of living rogues, set loose on us by the vengeance of a dead man’

When Rachel Verinder’s birthday present – the Moonstone, a large Indian diamond – is stolen at her party, suspicion and the diamond’s mysterious curse seem set to ruin everyone and everything she loves. Only Sergeant Cuff’s famous detective skills offer any hope of peace and a future for them all. The intricate plot and modern technique of multiple narrators made Wilkie Collin’s 1868 work a huge success in the Victorian sensation genre. With a reconstruction of the crime, red herrings and a ‘locked-room’ puzzle, The Moonstone was also a major precursor of the modern mystery novel.

The Penguin English Library – 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

Read a sample here

Additional information

Weight 0.436 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.7 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

621

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

823.8 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K