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The Moonstone (Illustrated)
The Moonstone (Illustrated)
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Stolen from the forehead of a Hindu idol, the dazzling gem known as "The Moonstone" resurfaces at a birthday party in an English country home–with an enigmatic trio of watchful Hindu priests hot on its trail...
Laced with superstitions, suspicion, humor, and romance, this mystery draws readers into a compelling tale with twists and turns ranging from sleepwalking to experimentation with opium.
The book is regarded by some as the precursor of the modern mystery novel and suspense novels. T. S. Eliot called it "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels in a genre invented by Collins and not by Poe", and Dorothy L. Sayers praised it as "probably the very finest detective story ever written".
Laced with superstitions, suspicion, humor, and romance, this mystery draws readers into a compelling tale with twists and turns ranging from sleepwalking to experimentation with opium.
The book is regarded by some as the precursor of the modern mystery novel and suspense novels. T. S. Eliot called it "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels in a genre invented by Collins and not by Poe", and Dorothy L. Sayers praised it as "probably the very finest detective story ever written".
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