The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins Paperback Book

Description: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, Audrey Niffenegger The first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels T S EliotWhen Rachel Verinder receives a gift of an astonishing yellow diamond from her bitter old uncle for her eighteenth birthday, she has no idea that the stone brings great danger with it. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The first...and the best of modern English detective novels T. S. EliotThe first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels T S EliotWhen Rachel Verinder receives a gift of an astonishing yellow diamond from her bitter old uncle for her eighteenth birthday, she has no idea that the stone brings great danger with it. When the diamond goes missing during the night the ensuing investigations gradually bring to light the sinister history of the jewel and the passions and plots of those close to Rachel.Probably the very finest detective story ever written Dorothy L. Sayers**AS DISCUSSED ON BBC2S BETWEEN THE COVERS** Notes The first... and the best of modern English detective novels T S Eliot Back Cover The first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels T S Eliot When Rachel Verinder receives a gift of an astonishing yellow diamond from her bitter old uncle for her eighteenth birthday, she has no idea that the stone brings great danger with it. When the diamond goes missing during the night the ensuing investigations gradually bring to light the sinister history of the jewel and the passions and plots of those close to Rachel. Probably the very finest detective story ever written Dorothy L. Sayers See also: No Name Author Biography Wilkie Collins (Author)Wilkie Collins was born in London on 8 January 1824. His father was the landscape painter William Collins. After school he worked for a tea merchant before studying to become a lawyer. In 1848 he published a biography of his father and his first novel, Antonina, followed in 1850. In 1851 he met Charles Dickens who would later edit and publish some of his novels. Collinss novels were extremely popular in his own time as well as now. The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868) are his best known works. Collins was linked with two women (one of whom bore him three children) but he never married. He died on 23 September 1889.Audrey Niffenegger (Introducer)Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist and writer who lives mostly in Chicago and occasionally in London. She has published six books, including the novels The Time Travelers Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry. She helped to found the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts. Her art has been exhibited by Printworks Gallery in Chicago since 1986. She is a Professor in the Fiction Department of Columbia College. Her recent projects include a ballet, Raven Girl, in collaboration with Wayne McGregor for the Royal Opera House Ballet. Review Perfect for long, cold, winter evenings * The Times *A whodunit about a lost jewel with several different narrators the first English detective story is so ingenious, so melodramatically rational, so druggy and glittery and cleverly elusive, that it triumphs over all its impersonators * Observer *A great, bold, theatrical mystery story which never falters, written with huge confidence and style -- Joanna TrollopeWilkie Collins, along with Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens is generally acknowledged to be the great-great-grandfather of the modern mystery, but its hard to think of many modern mysteries as skillfully shaped and psychologically keen as this one. The story flirts with the conventions of Victorian melodrama, but the characters that people it are truly vivid -- Elizabeth KostovaNo wonder 21st-century novelists are influenced by the great Victorian serial writers with their rip-roaring plots. A twisting detective thriller -- Joanna Briscoe * Independent * Promotional The first...and the best of modern English detective novels T. S. Eliot Review Text Perfect for long, cold, winter evenings Review Quote "Wilkie Collins, along with Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens is generally acknowledged to be the great-great-grandfather of the modern mystery, but its hard to think of many modern mysteries as skillfully shaped and psychologically keen as this one. The story flirts with the conventions of Victorian melodrama, but the characters that people it are truly vivid." --Elizabeth Kostova Promotional "Headline" The first...and the best of modern English detective novels T. S. Eliot Details ISBN0099519003 Author Audrey Niffenegger Pages 496 Year 2009 ISBN-10 0099519003 ISBN-13 9780099519003 Format Paperback Publication Date 2009-09-03 Imprint Vintage Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.8 Death 1889 Media Book Tag vintageclassics Publisher Vintage Publishing UK Release Date 2009-09-03 AU Release Date 2009-09-03 NZ Release Date 2009-09-03 Translator Natasha Randall Edited by Ana Sofia Ribeiro Birth 1970 Affiliation University of Wisconsin-Madison Position Former senior instructor and associate head, English (deceased) Qualifications PhD Alternative 9781409087274 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:21785626;

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