The Moonstone (Penguin Classics) - Softcover
"When you looked down into the stone, you looked into a yellow deep that drew your eyes into it so that they saw nothing else."
The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night the priceless stone is stolen again and 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," 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.
Sandra Kemp’s introduction examines The Moonstone as a work of Victorian sensation fiction and an early example of the detective genre, and discusses the technique of multiple narrators, the role of opium, and Collins’s sources and autobiographical references.
The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night the priceless stone is stolen again and 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," 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.
Sandra Kemp’s introduction examines The Moonstone as a work of Victorian sensation fiction and an early example of the detective genre, and discusses the technique of multiple narrators, the role of opium, and Collins’s sources and autobiographical references.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Publisher:
The Broadview Literary Texts series is an effort to represent the ever-changing canon of literature in English by bringing together texts long regarded as classics with valuable, though lesser-known literature.
From the Back Cover:
The elements which make up The Moonstone- a purloined Indian jewel which carries with it a mysterious curse, a stolid British police sergeant, a drama of theft and murder in a spacious country home- have been repeated, in slightly varying guises, throughout much of the detective fiction that Wilkie Collins' immensely popular 1868 novel gave birth to.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0140434089
- ISBN 13 9780140434088
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages528
- EditorKemp Sandra
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 9.70
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Dover ..., 2002
Softcover
Everym..., 1992
Hardcover
Create..., 2018
Softcover
Digire..., 2017
Softcover
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
The Moonstone (Penguin Classics) [Soft Cover ]
Published by
Penguin Classics
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0140434089
ISBN 13: 9780140434088
New
Soft Cover
Quantity: 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780140434088
Buy New
US$ 9.70
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Moonstone (Penguin Classics)
Published by
Penguin Classics
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0140434089
ISBN 13: 9780140434088
New
Softcover
Quantity: 2
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New! Not Overstocks or Low Quality Book Club Editions! Direct From the Publisher! We're not a giant, faceless warehouse organization! We're a small town bookstore that loves books and loves it's customers! Buy from Lakeside Books!. Seller Inventory # OTF-Y-9780140434088
Buy New
US$ 5.75
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Moonstone (Paperback or Softback)
Published by
Penguin Books 6/1/1999
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0140434089
ISBN 13: 9780140434088
New
Paperback or Softback
Quantity: 2
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Moonstone. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780140434088
Buy New
US$ 10.30
Convert currency
Seller Image
Moonstone
Published by
Penguin Classics
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0140434089
ISBN 13: 9780140434088
New
Softcover
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 491494-n
Buy New
US$ 7.76
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Moonstone Format: Paperback
Published by
Penguin Random House
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0140434089
ISBN 13: 9780140434088
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 0140434089
Buy New
US$ 7.09
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Moonstone (Penguin Classics)
Published by
Penguin Classics
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0140434089
ISBN 13: 9780140434088
New
Paperback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # 0140434089
Buy New
US$ 11.57
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Moonstone
Published by
Penguin Classics
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0140434089
ISBN 13: 9780140434088
New
Softcover
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # AB-35567
Buy New
US$ 13.13
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Moonstone (Penguin Classics)
Published by
Penguin Classics
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0140434089
ISBN 13: 9780140434088
New
Softcover
Quantity: 4
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLING22Oct2018170004026
Buy New
US$ 9.30
Convert currency
Seller Image
The Moonstone (Paperback)
Published by
Penguin Books, London
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0140434089
ISBN 13: 9780140434088
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Moonstone is one of the first true works of detective fiction, in which Wilkie Collins established the groundwork for the genre itself. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Sandra Kemp. The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder. On her eighteenth birthday, her friend and suitor Franklin Blake brings the gift to her. That very night, it is stolen again. No one is above suspicion, as the idiosyncratic Sergeant Cuff and the Franklin piece together a puzzling series of events as mystifying as an opium dream and as deceptive as the nearby Shivering Sand. The intricate plot and modern technique of multiple narrators made Wilkie Collins's 1868 work a huge success in the Victorian sensation genre. With a reconstruction of the crime, red herrings and a 'locked-room' puzzle, The Moonstone was also a major precursor of the modern mystery novel. In her introduction Sandra Kemp explores The Moonstone's the detective elements of Collins's writing, and reveals how Collins's sensibilities were untypical of his era. Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was born in London in 1824, the eldest son of the landscape painter William Collins. In 1846 he was entered to read for the bar at Lincoln's Inn, where he gained the knowledge that was to give him much of the material for his writing. From the early 1850s he was a friend of Charles Dickens, who produced and acted in two melodramas written by Collins, The Lighthouse and The Frozen Deep. Of his novels, Collins is best remembered for The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868). If you enjoyed The Moonstone you might like Collins's The Woman in White, also available in Penguin Classics. 'Probably the very finest detective story ever written' Dorothy L. Sayers 'The first, the longest and the best of modern modern English detective novels' T.S. Eliot The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder. On her eighteenth birthday her friend and suitor, Franklin Blake, brings the gift to her. That very night, it is stolen again. No one is above suspicion as the idiosyncratic Sergeant Cuff and Franklin piece together a puzzling series of events as mystifying as an opium dream and as deceptive as the nearby Shivering Sand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780140434088
Buy New
US$ 13.49
Convert currency
Stock Image
The Moonstone (Penguin Classics)
Published by
Penguin Classics
(1999)
ISBN 10: 0140434089
ISBN 13: 9780140434088
New
Paperback
Quantity: 14
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: NEW. Clean and crisp and new!. Seller Inventory # 3816616749
Buy New
US$ 14.18
Convert currency