The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
"The Moonstone" is a detective novel that revolves around a large, valuable yellow diamond that was stolen from an Indian temple and is now in England. The diamond is bequeathed to a young woman on her eighteenth birthday, but is stolen that same night. The novel follows the investigation of the theft, which is complicated by a series of confusing events and false leads. The resolution involves the unraveling of a tangled web of deception, crime, and colonial guilt.
The 301st greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1868
- Nationality
- British
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 400-500
- Words
- 197,790
- Original Language
- English
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This book is on the following lists:
- 7th on The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time (Mystery Writers of America)
- 8th on The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time (Crime Writers' Association)
- 25th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
- 67th on Tozai Mystery Best 100 (2012 Revision) (Shūkan Bunshun (Japanese Newspaper))
- 94th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 94th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- 165th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 100 Best Novels Written in English (The Guardian)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- The Best Classics (The Times)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 100 Best Novels in the World (Published in 1899) (The Daily Telegraph)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)