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Wilkie Collins's spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired the hugely popular detective mystery genre.

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Called "the first and greatest of English detective novels" by T. S. Eliot, Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone is a masterpiece of suspense.

A fabulous yellow diamond becomes the dangerous inheritance of Rachel Verinder. Outside her Yorkshire country house watch the Hindu priests who have waited for many years to reclaim their ancient talisman, looted from the holy city of Somnauth. When the Moonstone disappears, the case looks simple, but in mid-Victorian England no one is what they seem, and nothing can be taken for granted.

Witnesses, suspects, and detectives each narrate the story in turn. The bemused butler, the love-stricken housemaid, the enigmatic detective Sergeant Cuff, the drug-addicted scientist—each speculate on the mystery as Collins weaves their narratives together.

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

The Moonstone

Author Wilkie Collins

Narrated by James Langton

Publication date Nov 2, 2010

Running time 19 hrs

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