The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins, Pieter Koster, Sandra Kemp, and Andronum
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"A wonderful yellow diamond stolen from the forehead of the four-handed Indian god who typifies the moon, stolen again and again through centuries, and always bringing with it disaster upon its possessors and the households of its possessors."--This is the beginning of the detective story called 'The moonstone."
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Fiction, Jewelry theft, East Indians, Police, Drama, History, Detective and mystery stories, Readers, English fiction, Country homes, Diamonds, Young women, Juvenile literature, Upper class, Classic Literature, Mystery fiction, Children: Grades 4-6, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), England, fiction, Verinder, rachel (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Murder, Moonstones, Literature, Dictionaries, English language, French, Spanish, William, Wilkie, Collins, Bantam, Classics, The Moonstone, Romance, Mystery Crime, Swords, Poison, Thievery, Kidnapping, Hypnotism, Fear, Joy, Compassion, Anger, Death, Crime, fiction, English literature, Fiction, crime, Juvenile fiction, Vol de bijoux, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, England -- Fiction, Country homes -- Fiction, Police -- England -- Fiction, Jewelry theft -- Fiction, East Indians -- England -- Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, English, English Detective and mystery stories, Translations into Russian, Study and teaching, Chinese speakers, Zhen tan xiao shuo, Suo xie ben, Chang pian xiao shuo, Novela policíaca inglesa, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Mystery and detective stories, Children's fiction, Romans, nouvelles, Histoire, Mœurs et coutumes, GeneralPeople
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19th century, 18th Century, Jin dai, s. XIX, 1868Showing 10 featured editions. View all 636 editions?
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The Moonstone
Oct 11, 2017, Arcturus Publishing Limited Gunnar Lie
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The moonstone: Volume II
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One of the first English detective novels, this mystery involves the disappearance of a valuable diamond, originally stolen from a Hindu idol, given to a young woman on her eighteenth birthday, and then stolen again. A classic of 19th-century literature.
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