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The moonstone
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- Book Synopsis
- 'The first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels' T S Eliot When Rachel Verinder receives a gift of an astonishing yellow diamond from her bitter old uncle for her eighteenth birthday, she has no idea that the stone brings great danger with it. When the diamond goes missing during the night the ensuing investigations gradually bring to light the sinister history of the jewel and the passions and plots of those close to Rachel. 'Probably the very finest detective story ever written' Dorothy L. Sayers **AS DISCUSSED ON BBC2'S BETWEEN THE COVERS**
- About The Author
- Wilkie Collins was born in London on 8 January 1824. His father was the landscape painter William Collins. After school he worked for a tea merchant before studying to become a lawyer. In 1848 he published a biography of his father and his first novel, Antonina, followed in 1850. In 1851 he met Charles Dickens who would later edit and publish some of his novels. Collins's novels were extremely popular in his own time as well as now. The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868) are his best known works. Collins was linked with two women (one of whom bore him three children) but he never married. He died on 23 September 1889.
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- ISBN
- 9780099519003
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics, (03 September 2009)
- Number of Pages
- 473
- Weight
- 356 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 130 x 32 mm
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