The Moonstone [Hardcover]

Wilkie Collins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1434462757 | ISBN-13: 978-1434462756

Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an early master of mystery and suspense, writing such classics as The Moonstone, The Woman in White, and Basil. At the time of their publication, his works were classified as "sensation novels," a subgenre now seen as a precursor to mystery and suspense fiction.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 488 pages
• Publisher: Wildside Press (March 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1434462757
• ISBN-13: 978-1434462756
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,314,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars treat yourself to this gourmet book, September 16, 2008

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This review is from: The Moonstone (mobi) (Kindle Edition)

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

The Moonstone is an engaging work. The book is very enjoyable and memorable. The Moonstone is considered the first detective novel ever written.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Go ahead and yawn, you won't miss anything., January 19, 2011

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This review is from: The Moonstone (Hardcover)

I understood that The Moonstone is a classic so I decided to read this to be culturally literate. Well the story line may be interesting but the writing is atrocious. It is curricular, bloated, and seemingly pointless. The characters just keep rattling. A lot of writers fill in the story with descriptions of time and place to give an atmosphere to the story. This writer (Wilkie Collins) just fills it with unrelated trivia. Every once in a while I would go back a few pages to see what I must have missed. When I read again there was nothing there to miss. Ether Wilkie is extremely monotonous or other writing from this period is and I am just now lucky enough to find out. I talked to others about this and they said; "Now you know why Sherlock Holmes is so popular"