Books with title Moonstone

Do you enjoy classic literature in easy-to-carry paperback? Then you'll love The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins! This is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. Perhaps you read The Moonstone in school as a youth or maybe this is your first time reading Wilkie Collins's masterpiece or maybe you're a teacher buying the book for your children's literature class. Either way, enjoy Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone book today!

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Widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels, The Moonstone tells of the events surrounding the disappearance of a mysterious (and cursed) yellow diamond. T. S. Eliot called it 'the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels'. It contains a number of ideas which became common tropes of the genre, including a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who happen to be present when it is committed, and two police officers who exemplify respectively the 'Scotland Yard bungler' and the skilled, professional detective.

In the second book in the adventurous Diamond Spirit trilogy, Jess's friend Luke needs help figuring out where he belongsAfter a harsh childhood spent in foster care, Luke comes to Harry's place through a horse gentling program, and found the closest thing he's ever had to family. But when Harry dies, Luke's life quickly falls apart. He has a bitter falling out with Harry's son Lawson, and, afraid of becoming lost in the foster system again, Luke runs away, taking little but a moonstone pendant given to him by Jess. He finds himself camped by a river with three Aboriginal elders. Can they help him discover who he is and where he belongs?

Wilkie Collins wrote what T.S. Eliot called the “first and greatest” detective novel ever written, and to this day The Moonstone remains one of the most acclaimed and revered literary works of all time. Those who enjoy the books of modern detective story writers such as Raymond Chandler, Mary Higgins Clark, or even Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle might have a few strong expectations from this novel, especially after reading what many great authors have said about it. However, The Moonstone might disappoint in this regard.What it will do, instead, is to present you with the source of inspiration of all those authors through a remarkably intricate and well-written tale of mystery that features some of the most detailed depictions of fascinating characters you will see in any book. Under Wilkie Collins’ careful guidelines and due to his incredible attention to detail, the characters of the story come alive under the curious gaze of the reader. The more you immerse yourself in the narration of characters like the distant Verinder relative, Miss Clack, or Gabriel Betteredge, house steward of the Verinder estate,the easier it will be to become completely familiar not only with the appearance, mannerisms and attitude of each character, but also with the way they think and feel – perceiving the whole range of human emotions filtered through the imaginary minds of realistic personalities Collins animates with such skill and near artistic ability.The plot itself is remarkably engaging, and even though the initial pace can be a little slower and more methodical than what most modern readers are used to, it soon moves along surprisingly fast – not to mention the appeal that some of the intriguing elements of the early plot might have, such as the illusive yellow diamond and its origins.

Wilkie Collins's classic tale of Rachel Verinder, a young Englishwoman who inherits a fabulous diamond (the eponymous Moonstone). The Moonstone has a long and fabled history tracing back to an group of Hindu priests ordered to guard it by Vishnu. After Rachel loses the Moonstone to a thief, calamity and misfortune befall her as the characters seek to solve the crime and recover the gem.

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. The moonstone of the title is a diamond . It gained its name from its association with the Hindu god of the moon. The book is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels. T. S. Eliot called it "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels."