This is the & quot; Penguin English Library Edition& quot; of & quot; The Moonstone& quot; by Wilkie Collins. ' Here was our quiet English house suddenly invaded by a devilish Indian Diamond - bringi...Подробнее
This is the & quot; Penguin English Library Edition& quot; of & quot; The Moonstone& quot; by Wilkie Collins. ' Here was our quiet English house suddenly invaded by a devilish Indian Diamond - bringing after it a conspiracy of living rogues, set loose on us by the vengeance of a dead man'. When Rachel Verinder' s birthday present - the Moonstone, a large Indian diamond - is stolen at her party, suspicion and the diamond' s mysterious curse seem set to ruin everyone and everything she loves. Only Sergeant Cuff' s famous detective skills offer any hope of peace and a future for them all. The intricate plot and modern technique of multiple narrators made Wilkie Collin' s 1868 work a huge success in the Victorian sensation genre. With a reconstruction of the crime, red herrings and a ' locked-room' puzzle, & quot; The Moonstone& quot; was also a major precursor of the modern mystery novel. & quot; The Penguin English Library& quot; - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
