Name: Moonstone
Price: 46.56 EUR
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Author: Collins, Wilkie
ISBN: 9789350333433

Type

Physical Book

Author

Wilkie Collins

Publisher

Maple Press Pvt Ltd

Language

English

Pages

498

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 2.8 cm

Weight

0.63 kg.

ISBN13

9789350333433

Synopsis "Moonstone"

Applauded by T. S Eliot as ' the best of English detective novels, 'this classic tale of mystery and intrigue is the first of its kind in this genre of literature. Right from its title, the novel carries an indian flavour. Moonstone is the legendary diamond stone set in the forehead of the statue of god at somnath. Apart from being sacred and of great religious significance, the diamond also seems to have miraculous powers. The plot of the novel is complex. Rachel Verinder, a young Englishwoman, receives a large, indian diamond as a gift on her eighteenth birthday. This diamond is a legacy from her uncle, a corrupt English army officer who had served in india. On the very night of her birthday, the diamond is stolen from her bedroom.Then follow days of sadness, grief, misery, and misfortunes till the mystery is solved. The rest of the story is unfurled as narratives by some of the main characters associated with the different aspects of the case, their interpretation of the theft, their efforts to find the theief and then recover the lost stone. With its elements of suspense and sensations, the novel is delightful to readers of all ages.

Wilkie Collins

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(London 1824-1889) Playwright, novelist, and prolific short story writer. At 17, he started working at a tea trading company while writing Ioláni, or Tahiti as it was (Gothic no. 32), a work that was not published until over a century after his death. He studied Law and, although he never practiced, he did use his legal knowledge in many of his works, and critics consider him one of the fathers of the detective genre. In 1851, he met Charles Dickens, with whom he formed a deep friendship and published his main works in his weekly All the Year Around. After Dickens' death in 1870, his popularity waned. He suffered from rheumatic gout which eventually led to an opium addiction. His tombstone epitaph highlights him as the author of the novel The Woman in White.

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