hoosteeno reviewed The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Great fun
5 stars
The characters in this book are so fun to read about. Very enjoyable.
574 pages
french language
Published Dec. 3, 2003 by Editions du Masque.
La Pierre de Lune
5 stars
(1 review)
One of the first English detective novels, this mystery involves the disappearance of a valuable diamond, originally stolen from a Hindu idol, given to a young woman on her eighteenth birthday, and then stolen again. A classic of 19th-century literature.
Subjects
- Fiction
- Jewelry theft
- Police
- Detective and mystery stories
- English fiction
- Diamonds
- Mystery fiction
- Fear