Summary
Wilkie Collins: The Moonstone
It can rightly be said that the "Moonstone", if a man takes it in his hands, will not let it go. "The Moonstone" has been read with pleasure for a century and a half, since it was published in 1868. Wilkie Collins, an extremely gifted writer, made sure in this book that, in addition to the pleasure of reading, his work also serves as a tool for observing society. The master of the Gothic novel, and in this novel "The Moonstone" manages to draw us into the dark and mysterious world of Victorian England. This novel, published in 1868, is the true beginning of the detective genre, and at the same time an extremely layered work dealing with social criticism. "The Moonstone" is the first, the longest and the best of the modern English detective novels. – T.S. Eliot. And according to G. K. Chesterton, "The Moonstone" is probably the best detective story in the world.
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