The Moonstone - Brossura

Collins, Wilkie

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0140620133 ISBN 13: 9780140620139

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 1994

Riassunto

The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night the priceless stone is stolen again and when Sergeant Cuff is brought in to investigate the crime, he soon realizes that no one in Rachel’s household is above suspicion. Hailed by T. S. Eliot as ‘the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels’, The Moonstone is a marvellously taut and intricate tale of mystery, in which facts and memory can prove treacherous and not everyone is as they first appear.

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L'autore:

Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) began his literary career writing articles and short stories for Dickens' periodicals. He published a biography of his father and a number of plays but his reputation rests on his novels. Collins found his true fictionalmetier in mystery, suspense and crime. He is best known for his novels in the emerging genres of Sensation and Detective fiction.

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• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0140620133
• ISBN 13: 9780140620139
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 464