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The Moonstone
William Wilkie Collins
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Description for The Moonstone
Hardback.
Part of the Chiltern Classics range.
The title, The Moonstone, refers to a brilliantly beautiful but flawed gem seized by a British officer in India. The officer brings it back to England as a family heirloom with a supposed curse placed upon it. The officer leaves the stone to his niece, Rachel Verinder, for her to inherit when she turns 18.
This classic work by Wilkie Collins is an early example of the modern detective novel that set many of the ground rules of the genre.
Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world’s finest ... Read more
Part of the Chiltern Classics range.
The title, The Moonstone, refers to a brilliantly beautiful but flawed gem seized by a British officer in India. The officer brings it back to England as a family heirloom with a supposed curse placed upon it. The officer leaves the stone to his niece, Rachel Verinder, for her to inherit when she turns 18.
This classic work by Wilkie Collins is an early example of the modern detective novel that set many of the ground rules of the genre.
Chiltern are publishers of exquisitely crafted editions of the world’s finest ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Chiltern Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
420
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781914602177
SKU
V9781914602177
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About William Wilkie Collins
William (Wilkie) Collins (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White, a mystery novel and early "sensation novel", and for The Moonstone, which has been proposed as the first modern English detective novel.
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