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The Moonstone
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2021-08-07
The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-07 with Fiction categories.
Notion Press proudly brings to you timeless classics from ancient texts to popular modern classics. This carefully chosen collection of books is a celebration of literature, our tribute to the pioneers, the legends and the giants of the literary world. Apart from being the voice of indie writers, we also want to introduce every reader to read all kinds of literature. In this series, you will find a wide range of books—from popular classics like the works of Shakespeare and Charlotte Brontë to rare gems by the likes of Edith Wharton and James Fenimore Cooper.
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2014-04-22
The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-22 with Fiction categories.
The novel that T. S. Eliot called “the first, the longest, and the best of the modern English detective novels” Guarded by three Brahmin priests, the Moonstone is a religious relic, the centerpiece in a sacred statue of the Hindu god of the moon. It is also a giant yellow diamond of enormous value, and its temptation is irresistible to the corrupt John Herncastle, a colonel in the British Army in India. After murdering the three guardian priests and bringing the diamond back to England with him, Herncastle bequeaths it to his niece, Rachel, knowing full well that danger will follow. True to its enigmatic nature, the Moonstone disappears from Rachel’s room on the night of her eighteenth birthday, igniting a mystery so intricate and thrilling it has set the standard for every crime novel of the past one hundred fifty years. Widely recognized, alongside the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, as establishing many of the most enduring conventions of detective fiction, The Moonstone is Wilkie Collins’s masterwork and one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
Release Date : 1999-04-16
The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins and has been published by Nelson Thornes this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04-16 with Fiction categories.
This brilliant Victorian detective story has been skilfully adapted into a fast moving mystery. Exploring superstition, loyalty, fate, the intriguing mix of characters and the deadly Moonstone, the play retains all the excitement of Wilkie Collins' original.
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Release Date : 1993
The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins and has been published by Wordsworth Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Fiction categories.
The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder.
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: Everyman
Release Date : 1992
The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins and has been published by Everyman this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Canon (Literarature) categories.
The moonstone is a yellow diamond of unearthly beauty brought from India and given to Rachel Verrinder as an eighteenth birthday present, but the fabled diamond carries with it a terrible curse.
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Release Date : 1868
The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins and has been published by Harper & Brothers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1868 with East Indians categories.
The Moonstone concerns the huge yellow diamond of the title that was once stolen from an Indian shrine. Rachel Verrinder receives the stone as a gift and does not realise that it has been passed to her in a sinister form of revenge by John Herncastle who, it transpires, acquired the moonstone by means of murder and theft. The jewel also brings bad luck. The stone disappears on the very night it is given to Rachel, though, and the tale concerns the unveiling of the culprit after the intervention of Sergeant Cuff, a famous London detective. A maid who is under suspicion commits suicide and Rachel herself seems reticent when it comes to aiding the investigation. Mysterious Indians appear frequently and there is an air of confusion and the unknown until the mystery is eventually solved.
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2013-10-29
The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-29 with Fiction categories.
The Moonstone is one of the most famous suspense novels of all time: a masterpiece of construction and the ultimate page-turner, it introduced one of the world’s most beloved genres, the detective story. At a party celebrating her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder wears the stunning yellow diamond she unexpectedly inherited from her uncle, Colonel John Herncastle. She is not aware that the precious gem, known as the Moonstone, has been missing since it was plundered from a sacred Hindu shrine in southern India where her uncle had served with the British army fifty years ago. But someone knows the secret of the Moonstone and will go to desperate measures to retrieve it. When it goes missing later that night, suspicions are raised and accusations fly. Could it be a trio of mysterious Indian jugglers seen near the house? Or a love-struck housemaid suddenly behaving strangely? And there is Rachel herself, who becomes furious when her paramour, Franklin Blake, directs attempts to find it. As divergent accounts reveal more details, the diamond’s recovery is complicated by unexpected twists and turns. Sifting through a compelling list of suspects, the indomitable Sergeant Cuff must find the truth about the Moonstone and its mysterious disappearance. The Moonstone features 66 black and-white woodcut illustrations throughout.
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Author : William Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-05-29
The Moonstone written by William Wilkie Collins and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-29 with Art categories.
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century detective novel. A young woman inherits a large diamond on her eighteenth birthday, the diamond is however stolen and the mystery begins.
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Author : Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Release Date : 2021-01-01
The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins and has been published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-01 with Fiction categories.
The Moonstone is generally considered to be the first detective novel in the English language. The Moonstone of the title is a diamond. It gained its name from its association with the Hindu god of the moon, Shiva. Originally set in the forehead of a sacred statue of the god at Somnath, and later at Benares, it was said to be protected by hereditary guardians on the orders of Vishnu, and to wax and wane in brilliance along with the light of the moon. The story was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round. Besides creating many of the ground rules of the detective novel, The Moonstone also reflected Collins' enlightened social attitudes in his treatment of the servants in the novel.
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Author : Wilkie Wilkie Collins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-05-28
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The Moonstone opens with a "family document" that records how the Moonstone (a huge, yellow diamond) was stolen in India by an English soldier and was taken back to England.Now flash forward a couple of decades: our narrator is now Gabriel Betteredge, the old steward or butler for a wealthy English family living in the country. Betteredge has been given the job of describing how Rachel, the daughter of his boss, inherited the diamond from her wicked uncle on the day of her eighteenth birthday, and how the diamond disappeared that very night. Here's how it all happened:The diamond is brought to the family mansion by Rachel's cousin, Franklin Blake. Franklin is afraid that someone will try to steal the diamond, so he leaves it under lock and key at the bank until it's time to give it to Rachel. He notices three Indians, dressed as entertainers, who follow him from the city. He wonders whether they might be after the diamond - since, after all, the diamond was originally stolen from India. Franklin has been living in Europe for the last few years, so it's been a while since Rachel has seen him. He's in love with her (it was OK to marry your cousin back then) and, for the few weeks before Rachel's birthday party (when she is to be presented with the diamond), the two cousins spend all their time together.But Rachel has another cousin, Godfrey Ablewhite, who is also in love with her. And Godfrey is much better looking than Franklin. Godfrey is tall and athletic, and what's more, he's incredibly religious and is in charge of about a zillion charities in London. Betteredge doesn't think Franklin stands a chance.Meanwhile, one of the servant girls in the house, Rosanna, falls in love with Franklin Blake. Too bad he never even notices that she exists! Poor Rosanna becomes depressed, especially when she remembers that she used to be a thief (she's reformed now).On the night of the birthday party, the diamond disappears from Rachel's dressing room. Rachel is understandably upset about it, but she seems to be particularly angry with Franklin Blake - especially after he calls the police to try and recover the missing diamond. Sergeant Cuff, a famous detective, arrives, and starts looking for clues. Rachel is so upset that she leaves the house in a huff and is very rude to Franklin.Rosanna, the servant girl, is acting weird, too. Sergeant Cuff suspects that Rachel "stole" her own diamond in order to pawn it and pay off some secret debts, and that Rosanna was in on the secret. Rosanna disappears. It turns out she's committed suicide by throwing herself into the quicksand down by the ocean. She left a note with a girl in the village, but no one bothers to go read it.Franklin Blake eventually confronts Rachel to find out what's up - Rachel says that she saw him steal the diamond with her own eyes! Franklin can't believe it. He figures he must be going crazy, since he has no recollection of going anywhere near Rachel's dressing room after the birthday party. But a local doctor, Ezra Jennings, has a theory: he figures Franklin might have taken some opium that night, and that the opium might have made him sleepwalk. Franklin doesn't remember taking any opium, but someone could have slipped it to him secretly. So they conduct an experiment: Franklin goes to bed in the same room where he slept on the night of the birthday party, and they give him some opium. After a while, sure enough, he sits up in his sleep, walks out of his bedroom, and heads to Rachel's dressing room - just as he must have done on the night of the birthday party.