It took me about seven months to finish this book. I listened to it at night on Kindle via text-to-speech. "The Moonstone" is a mystery involving the theft of an enormous Indian diamond called The Moonstone which is fated to be cursed. The mystery is who stole it the night of Miss Rachel Verinder's ...
Mr. Edgar Allen Poe and Mr. Conan Doyle have been awarded an honour they do not deserve. The First Mystery Novel Trophy belongs to none other than Mr. Wilkie Collins. While Collins is casually referred to as the first mystery novel writer, I think he should be as well-known and revered as Doyle or ...
T. S. Eliot said that The Moonstone "was the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels." He also said that "everything that is good in the modern story can be found in The Moonstone." I think he sums up the story nicely. The Moonstone is an gem from India used in Hindu ...
The Moonstone Diamond, originally stolen from the forehead of the Hindu moon god in India, goes missing in Yorkshire England in 1848--the night it is inherited by the thief's next of kin. Credited as the first modern English detective fiction novel, The Moonstone has many of the elements we’re now f...
Truly a delightful tale, I restrict it to three stars only because the easy, meandering pace tested the limits of my impatience. In all other respects I enjoyed the book, loved and hated characters as intended, and savoured the complex interaction of differing narrative viewpoints.
Postponed rather than abandoned. I was listening to an audiobook version from Librivox, and unfortunately had difficulties understanding some of the narrators. Next time I'd better attempt it as an ebook instead.
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