hoosteeno reviewed The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Great fun
5 stars
The characters in this book are so fun to read about. Very enjoyable.
472 pages
English language
Published Jan. 8, 1993 by Barnes and Noble.
The moonstone
Wilkie Collins: The moonstone (1993, Barnes and Noble)
- ISBN:
- 978-1-56619-092-3
- OCLC Number:
- 29872915
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5 stars
(1 review)
One of the first English detective novels, this mystery involves the disappearance of a valuable diamond, originally stolen from a Hindu idol, given to a young woman on her eighteenth birthday, and then stolen again. A classic of 19th-century literature.
Subjects
- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- India -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction