The Moonstone
Title: | The Moonstone (Modern Library Classics) |
Author: | Wilkie Collins |
Year First Published: | 1868 |
Page Count: | 528 |
Synopsis: | During the English army storming of a city in India, a british soldier, John Herncastle takes a large jewel called the Moonstone from the forehead of an Indian god. At his death, he wills the stone to his niece, Rachel Verinder. She receives the Moonstone on her birthday and awakens the next morning to find it gone. |
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The story is told from several different characters point of view. The author does a great job of making each character sound different. |
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Focus | Legal/Crime | Readability | Moderate |
Main Character | Male | Setting | Europe |
Main Character | Layman | Time Period | Historical |
Number of pages | 400-500 |
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