A debased Englishman steals the moonstone, a sacred gem, from India. It brings bad luck to each of its English possessors. When the gem disappears from a young Englishwoman’s room and three sinister Hindus menace her family, the careful, methodical Sergeant Cuff is assigned to the case.
The Moonstone, is not only a work of historical importance but also a work that transcends the genre it created...
Wilkie Collins - THE MOONSTONE A Romance
THE MOONSTONE A Romance
Wilkie Collins
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A debased Englishman steals the moonstone, a sacred gem, from India. It brings bad luck to each of its English possessors. When the gem disappears from a young Englishwoman’s room and three sinister Hindus menace her family, the careful, methodical Sergeant Cuff is assigned to the case.
The Moonstone, is not only a work of historical importance but also a work that transcends the genre it created, in the artfulness of its plotting, in its compassionate depiction of servants, and in its enlightened resolution of the theme of the British Empire, its crimes and their consequences.
Wilkie Collins’s spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genre–the detective mystery.
A great book for all readers.