The Moonstone

Name: The Moonstone
Brand: Pan Macmillan
SKU: 9781509850907
Price: 15.73 EUR
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By (author): Wilkie Collins

One of the great Victorian novels, The Moonstone has engrossed, entertained and enraptured readers since its first publication in 1868. This edition features an introduction by the renowned historian, journalist and author, Judith Flanders.

Part of the Macmillan Collectors Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

Lady Verinders uncle gives her the Moonstone a magnificent diamond as large as an egg for her eighteenth birthday, but it is not quite the generous gift it first seems. For he obtained it through bloody and nefarious means in India, and legend says the diamonds guardians will stop at nothing to get it back. When the Moonstone is stolen, an innocent man is accused of the crime and from this simple beginning, Wilkie Collins creates a stunning, complex narrative of dark mystery, suspense and atmosphere and one of the very first detective stories ever written.

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Weight: 352g
Dimensions: 103 x 157mm
Publication Date: 03 May 2018
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781509850907

About Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins was born in London in 1824 the son of a successful and popular painter. On leaving school he worked in the office of a tea merchant in the Strand before reading law as a student at Lincoln's Inn. However his real passion was for writing and in 1850 he published his first novel Antonina. In 1851 the same year that he was called to the bar he met and established a lifelong friendship with Charles Dickens. While Collins' fame rests on his best known works The Woman in White and The Moonstone he wrote over thirty books as well as numerous short stories articles and plays. He was a hugely popular writer in his lifetime. An unconventional individual he never married but established long-term liaisons with two separate partners. He died in 1889.