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Bequeathed a rare diamond by her late uncle, heiress Rachel Verinder has no idea it was stolen from an Indian temple or that it has a cursed history. When the diamond disappears on her eighteenth birthday, multiple suspects - including Rachel’s suitor, Franklin Blake - are implicated in its theft. Determined to prove his innocence, Franklin begins his own investigation. Did one of his fellow Englishmen steal the jewel? Or was it whisked back to India? The case, which unfolds through multiple narratives, takes startling twists and turns in pursuit of the truth. Widely considered the first great detective novel written in English, The Moonstone is one of Wilkie Collins’s most famous works.
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The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
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- Année de publication
- 1994
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- Titre
- The Moonstone
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Wilkie Collins
- Éditeur
- Penguin
- Publié
- 1994
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 105
- ISBN10
- 0140815473
- ISBN13
- 9780140815474
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Thème historique, Polars & Thrillers, Classiques, Polars classiques, 19e siècle, Angleterre, Littérature anglaise, Classicisme, Diamants
- Première publication
- 1868
- Titre original
- The Moonstone
- Évaluation
- 3,9 sur 5
- Description
- Bequeathed a rare diamond by her late uncle, heiress Rachel Verinder has no idea it was stolen from an Indian temple or that it has a cursed history. When the diamond disappears on her eighteenth birthday, multiple suspects - including Rachel’s suitor, Franklin Blake - are implicated in its theft. Determined to prove his innocence, Franklin begins his own investigation. Did one of his fellow Englishmen steal the jewel? Or was it whisked back to India? The case, which unfolds through multiple narratives, takes startling twists and turns in pursuit of the truth. Widely considered the first great detective novel written in English, The Moonstone is one of Wilkie Collins’s most famous works.