The Moonstone

novel by Wilkie Collins

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Author: Wilkie Collins
First published: 1800
Editions: 977
Subjects: Fiction, Jewelry theft, East Indians, Police, Drama, History, Detective and mystery stories, Readers

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Author: Wilkie Collins
Language: English
Genre: Epistolary novel , Detective novel
Set in: Yorkshire and London , 1848–1850
Published: 1868 (book form)
Publisher: Tinsley Brothers
Publication place: England
Media type: Print
Library of congress classification span: PR4494.M62
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publication date: 1868-00-00
title: The Moonstone
Commons category: The Moonstone
subtitle: A Romance

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The Moonstone: A Romance by Wilkie Collins is an 1868 British epistolary novel. It is an early example of the modern detective novel, and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. Its publication was started on 4 January 1868 and was completed on 8 August 1868. The story was serialised in Charles Dickens's magazine All the Year Round. Collins adapted The Moonstone for the stage in 1877.

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