The Moonstone
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- Editorial PENGUIN BOOKS
- ISBN13 9780141198873
- ISBN10 0141198877
- Tipo Libro
- Páginas 640
- Colección Penguin English Library #
- Año de Edición 2012
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Paperback
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Detalles del libro
'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.