hoosteeno reviewed The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Great fun
5 stars
The characters in this book are so fun to read about. Very enjoyable.
English language
Published Nov. 12, 2012 by Dover Publications, Incorporated.
Moonstone
Wilkie Collins: Moonstone (2012, Dover Publications, Incorporated)
- ISBN:
- 978-0-486-11393-7
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4 stars
(6 reviews)
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.
Subjects
- England, fiction
- British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Verinder, rachel (fictitious character), fiction
- Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural