The Moonstone

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Moonstone
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Wilkie Collins
Introduction by Carolyn G. Heilbrun
SeriesModern Library Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:528
Dimensions(mm): Height 201,Width 132
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780375757853
ClassificationsDewey:823.8
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Modern Library Inc
Publication Date 11 September 2001
Publication Country United States

Description

Collins's spellbinding tale of romance, theft and murder told through a series of delightful first person narratives. The book that inspired the detective mystery with newly commissioned notes on the text.

Author Biography

Carolyn G. Heilbrun, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities Emerita at Columbia University, has authored scholarly classics such as Writing A Woman's Life. As Amanda Cross she has written numerous bestselling Kate Fansler mysteries including Honest Doubt. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

"The first and greatest of English detective novels." --T. S. Eliot