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The Moonstone: A Romance by Wilkie Collins is an 1868 British epistolary novel. It is an early example of the modern detective novel, and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. Its publication was started on 4 January 1868 and was completed on 8 August 1868.
The Moonstone: With Josh Silver, Leo Wringer, Terenia Edwards, Nisa Cole. A diamond goes missing after a party at an English country house, and numerous suspects have a motive for its disappearance.
4 November 2016. ( 2016-11-04) The Moonstone is a daytime drama series produced by King Bert Productions for BBC One. It is an adaptation of the Wilkie Collins 1868 novel of the same name described by T.S. Eliot as the first and greatest of English detective novels. It stars Josh Silver and John Thomson.
The Moonstone Summary. Next. Prologue: 1. Literary devices: Genre. Mood. Setting. Style. Tone. View all. The novel begins in India, with a Prologue written by an anonymous member of the Verinder family, a cousin and fellow soldier to the Colonel John Herncastle.
The Moonstone. Wilkie Collins, Carolyn G. Heilbrun (Introduction) 3.91. 93,374 ratings6,042 reviews. Wilkie Collins’s spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genre–the detective mystery.
The Moonstone Full Book Summary. Previous Next. The Moonstone opens with a written account of the large, yellow, Moonstone diamond, sacred to Hindus as the centerpiece in their idol of the god of the Moon. It has been commanded that three Brahmin priests must always guard the stone.
1 Photo. Drama. A priceless jewel, originally plundered from a Hindu shrine, is presented to Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday. The jewel goes missing and suspicion falls over the household, threatening to destroy someone close to Rachel's heart. Stars. Vivien Heilbron. Robin Ellis. Basil Dignam. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. S1.
