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Described by T.S. Eliot as "the first, the longest and the best of modern English detective novels," Wilkie Collins's classic The Moonstone is also an important precursor of the modern mystery and suspense genres.
Exploring superstition, loyalty, fate, the intriguing mix of characters and the deadly Moonstone, the play retains all the excitement of Wilkie Collins' original.
Sandra Kemp’s introduction examines The Moonstone as a work of Victorian sensation fiction and an early example of the detective genre, and discusses the technique of multiple narrators, the role of opium, and Collins’s sources and ...
The Moonstone is one of the most famous suspense novels of all time: a masterpiece of construction and the ultimate page-turner, it introduced one of the world’s most beloved genres, the detective story.
The jewel also brings bad luck. The stone disappears on the very night it is given to Rachel, though, and the tale concerns the unveiling of the culprit after the intervention of Sergeant Cuff, a famous London detective.
Set in Victorian England, the novel provides a fascinating insight into the social norms and values of the time, making it a critical piece of literature in the Detective Fiction genre.