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003			OCoLC
005			20240903144412.0
008			920320s1992 nyu b 000 1 eng
010			_a92052918
013			_d1954
035			_a(OCoLC)6375766 _z(OCoLC)969369874 _z(OCoLC)985494299 _z(OCoLC)985641769 _z(OCoLC)1035391391 _z(OCoLC)1114110847
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050	0	0	_aPR4494 _b.M62 1992
082	0	0	_a823/.8 _220
100	1		_aWilkie Collins _d1824-1889
245	1	4	_aThe Moonstone
260			_aUK _bLongmans, Green and Co. _c1961
260			_aUK _bUniversity of London Press _c1954
300			_a284 _c20
300			_a192 _c19
440			_aLongmans' Abridged Books
440			_aThe Pilot Books
500			_aEdited and Abridged
520			_aWilkie Collins's "The Moonstone" is generally considered the first full length detective novel in the English language. The Moonstone, a large and valuable, yellow diamond, plundered from an Indian temple by Colonel Herncastle during the Siege of Seringapatam, is rumored to bring bad luck to its owner. The Colonel bequeathes the diamond to his niece Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. At her birthday party, Rachel wears the Moonstone for all to see, later that night the priceless stone is stolen again and an investigation ensues to discover the identity of the thief and recover the jewel. When Sergeant Cuff is brought in to investigate the crime, he soon realizes that no one in Rachel's household is above suspicion. Hailed by T. S. Eliot as "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels," and described by G. K. Chesterton as "probably the best detective tale in the world," "The Moonstone" is one of Wilkie Collins's most popular works which influenced the development of an entirely new genre of fiction. The Moonstone is a marvellously taut and intricate tale of mystery, in which facts and memory can prove treacherous and not everyone is as they first appear.
630			_lEnglish
650		0	_aGeneral _vFiction
650		0	_aJewelry theft
650		0	_aPolice _zEngland _vFiction
650		0	_aEast Indians _zEngland _vFiction
650		0	_aMoonstones _vFiction
700			_aAnthea Beamish _eed.