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The Moonstone (Alma Classics Evergreens)
Wilkie Collins
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Description for The Moonstone (Alma Classics Evergreens)
Paperback. Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, The Moonstone is here presented with an extensive section on Collins's life and works. Series: Alma Classics Evergreens. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 412.
When Rachel Verinder's legacy of a priceless Indian diamond is stolen, all the evidence indicates that it is her beloved, Franklin Blake, who is guilty. Around this central axis of crime and thwarted love, Collins constructs an ingenious plot of teasing twists and surprises, and an elaborate multi-voiced narrative that sustains the tension all the way to its stunning ending. Described by T.S. Eliot as the first, the longest and the best of modern English detective novels, Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone is an important precursor of the modern mystery and suspense genres.
When Rachel Verinder's legacy of a priceless Indian diamond is stolen, all the evidence indicates that it is her beloved, Franklin Blake, who is guilty. Around this central axis of crime and thwarted love, Collins constructs an ingenious plot of teasing twists and surprises, and an elaborate multi-voiced narrative that sustains the tension all the way to its stunning ending. Described by T.S. Eliot as the first, the longest and the best of modern English detective novels, Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone is an important precursor of the modern mystery and suspense genres.
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Alma Classics Evergreens
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847494221
SKU
V9781847494221
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About Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins remains most famous for his novels The Moonstone and The Woman in White, in which he pioneered a new style of sensation writing, the influence of which can still be seen in today's culture in the genres of crime, mystery and suspens. He is also renowned for his close relationship with Charles Dickens, who regarded him as the ... Read more
Reviews for The Moonstone (Alma Classics Evergreens)
The Moonstone is the first, the longest and the best of modern English detective novels.
T.S. Eliot Probably the very finest detective story ever written.
Dorothy L. Sayers You can't help feeling that Wilkie Collins was more in tune with modernity than his friend Charles Dickens.
Nicholas Lezard
The Guardian
T.S. Eliot Probably the very finest detective story ever written.
Dorothy L. Sayers You can't help feeling that Wilkie Collins was more in tune with modernity than his friend Charles Dickens.
Nicholas Lezard
The Guardian