The Moonstone
Descriere
Introduction and Notes by David Blair, Rutherford College, University of Kent.
The Moonstone, a priceless Indian diamond which had been brought to England as spoils of war, is given to Rachel Verrinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night, the stone is stolen. Suspicion then falls on a hunchbacked housemaid, on Rachel's cousin Franklin Blake, on a troupe of mysterious Indian jugglers, and on Rachel herself.
The phlegmatic Sergeant Cuff is called in, and with the help of Betteredge, the Robinson Crusoe-reading loquacious steward, the mystery of the missing stone is ingeniously solved.
Despre autor
William Wilkie Collins a fost un prozator englez. A fost prieten și colaborator al lui Charles Dickens. Prin scrierile sale, în care predomină misterul și crima, poate fi considerat precursor al romanului polițist.
