The Moonstone

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Moonstone
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Wilkie Collins
Introduction and notes by David Blair
Series edited by Dr. Keith Carabine
SeriesWordsworth Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:464
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreClassic crime
ISBN/Barcode 9781853260445
ClassificationsDewey:823.8
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Imprint Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Publication Date 5 May 1992
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Introduction and Notes by David Blair, Rutherford College, University of Kent. The Moonstone, a priceless Indian diamond which had been brought to England as spoils of war, is given to Rachel Verrinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night, the stone is stolen. Suspicion then falls on a hunchbacked housemaid, on Rachel's cousin Franklin Blake, on a troupe of mysterious Indian jugglers, and on Rachel herself. The phlegmatic Sergeant Cuff is called in, and with the help of Betteredge, the Robinson Crusoe-reading loquacious steward, the mystery of the missing stone is ingeniously solved.

Author Biography

Introduction and Notes by David Blair, Rutherford College, University of Kent