Name: The mod lib Moonstone (Modern Library)
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Author: Collins, Wilkie ; Heilbrun, Carolyn G.
ISBN: 9780375757853

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Type

Physical Book

Author

Wilkie Collins

Introduction by

Carolyn G. Heilbrun

Publisher

Modern Library

Year

2001

Language

English

Pages

480

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.2 x 3.0 cm

Weight

0.50 kg.

ISBN

0375757856

ISBN13

9780375757853

Synopsis "The mod lib Moonstone (Modern Library) "

"The Moonstone is a page-turner," writes Carolyn Heilbrun. "It catches one up and unfolds its amazing story through the recountings of its several narrators, all of them enticing and singular." Wilkie Collins's spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genre-the detective mystery. Hinging on the theft of an enormous diamond originally stolen from an Indian shrine, this riveting novel features the innovative Sergeant Cuff, the hilarious house steward Gabriel Betteridge, a lovesick housemaid, and a mysterious band of Indian jugglers. This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the definitive 1871 edition.

Wilkie Collins

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(London 1824-1889) Playwright, novelist, and prolific short story writer. At 17, he started working at a tea trading company while writing Ioláni, or Tahiti as it was (Gothic no. 32), a work that was not published until over a century after his death. He studied Law and, although he never practiced, he did use his legal knowledge in many of his works, and critics consider him one of the fathers of the detective genre. In 1851, he met Charles Dickens, with whom he formed a deep friendship and published his main works in his weekly All the Year Around. After Dickens' death in 1870, his popularity waned. He suffered from rheumatic gout which eventually led to an opium addiction. His tombstone epitaph highlights him as the author of the novel The Woman in White.

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