William Wilkie Collins (8 January – 23 September ) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (), No Name (), Armadale (), and The Moonstone (), considered the first modern English detective novel/5(K). · From Joy Connolly’s Introduction to The Moonstone “King of inventors” was the title given to Wilkie Collins at the height of his powers, and popular opinion has since ranked The Moonstone (), rivaled only by The Woman in White (–), as Collins’s greatest masterpiece of invention. Mystery buffs know it as the first detective novel in English; fans of nineteenth-century literature prize Brand: Barnes Noble. The Moonstone is a novel by Wilkie Collins that was first published in Summary Read our full plot summary and analysis of The Moonstone, scene by scene break-downs, and more.
A thrilling tale of mystery and crime from a master storyteller. A pacy tale from the original master of detective fiction Wilkie Collins. Transported from the temples of India to atmospheric Victorian England, the scene is set for a tale which - - QBD Books - Buy Online for Better Range and Value. I find it odd that people identify The Moonstone as the first detective novel. Collins' earlier The Woman in White is a more conventional detective story, and there are many similar earlier examples of romantic novels with puzzles at the core and characters who steadily unravels the truth. The Moonstone opens with a written account of the large, yellow, Moonstone diamond, sacred to Hindus as the centerpiece in their idol of the god of the Moon. It has been commanded that three Brahmin priests must always guard the stone. John Herncastle, while fighting for the British Army in India in , killed the three Brahmins who were then guarding the diamond and took it back to England.
The Moonstone () by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. It is an early example of the modern detective novel, and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. The story was serialised in Charles Dickens's magazine All the Year Round. Collins adapted The Moonstone for the stage in From Joy Connolly’s Introduction to The Moonstone “King of inventors” was the title given to Wilkie Collins at the height of his powers, and popular opinion has since ranked The Moonstone (), rivaled only by The Woman in White (–), as Collins’s greatest masterpiece of invention. Mystery buffs know it as the first detective novel in English; fans of nineteenth-century literature prize its blend of sensational thrill, social criticism, and romance. In 'The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins uses a variety of narrators to involve readers in one of the first detective novels ever written. While the novel's style situates it with Victorian 'sensation.
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