PENGUIN ENGLISH LIBRARY : THE MOONSTONE PB B FORMAT – WILKIE COLLINS

The Penguin English Library Edition of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins Here was our quiet English house suddenly invaded by a devilish Indian Diamond – bringing after it a conspiracy of living rogues, set loose on us by the vengeance of a dead man When Rachel Verinder s birthday present – the Moonstone, a large Indian diamond – is stolen at her party, suspicion and the diamond s mysterious curse seem set to ruin everyone and everything she loves. Only Sergeant Cuff s famous detective skills offer any hope of peace and a future for them all. The intricate plot and modern technique of multiple narrators made Wilkie Collin 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. The Penguin English Library – 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.