An edition of The Moonstone
(1800)
The moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
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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.
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19th century, 18th Century, Jin dai, s. XIX, 1868Showing 10 featured editions. View all 977 editions?
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Previously issued 1994 in the series Simply stories.
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