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The Resource The moonstone, Wilkie Collins, (electronic resource)
The moonstone, Wilkie Collins, (electronic resource)
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The item The moonstone, Wilkie Collins, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item The moonstone, Wilkie Collins, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is considered the first detective novel in the English language. Told as a series of letters and diary entries, The moonstone is the story of a young English woman who inherits a large Indian diamond on her 18th birthday. When the diamond is stolen, the complex plot of the novel follows the characters through their attempts to explain the theft, identify the thief and recover the diamond
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9781623958602
- Label
- The moonstone
- Title
- The moonstone
- Statement of responsibility
- Wilkie Collins
- Subject
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- trueJewel thieves
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- trueVictorian era (1837-1901) -- 1837 -- 1901
- trueGreed in men
- trueElectronic books
- trueMoonstones
- trueMystery classics
- trueDiamonds
- trueBrahmins
- trueMysteries
- trueFortune hunters -- England
- trueDetectives
- trueJewelry theft
- trueBirthday parties
- trueMarriage
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueClassics
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueBooks to movies
- trueVictorian mysteries
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is considered the first detective novel in the English language. Told as a series of letters and diary entries, The moonstone is the story of a young English woman who inherits a large Indian diamond on her 18th birthday. When the diamond is stolen, the complex plot of the novel follows the characters through their attempts to explain the theft, identify the thief and recover the diamond
- Summary
- Rachel Verrinder receives the stone as a gift and does not realize that it has been passed to her in a sinister form of revenge by John Herncastle who, it transpires, acquired the moonstone by means of murder and theft. The jewel also brings bad luck. The stone disappears on the very night it is given to Rachel, though, and the tale concerns the unveiling of the culprit after the intervention of Sergeant Cuff, a famous London detective
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- 021033
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
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- 1824-1889
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- Collins, Wilkie
- Dewey number
- 823.8
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
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- 1938-
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- True
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- Classics
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The moonstone, Wilkie Collins, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Color
- multicolored
- Control code
- MWT11428392
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9781623958602
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Publisher number
- MWT11428392
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Label
- The moonstone, Wilkie Collins, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Color
- multicolored
- Control code
- MWT11428392
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Isbn
- 9781623958602
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Publisher number
- MWT11428392
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
Subject
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueBirthday parties
- trueBooks to movies
- trueBrahmins
- trueClassics
- trueDetectives
- trueDiamonds
- trueEast Indians in England
- trueElectronic books
- trueEngland -- History -- 19th century
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueFortune hunters -- England
- trueGreed in men
- trueJewel thieves
- trueJewelry theft
- trueMarriage
- trueMoonstones
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueMysteries
- trueMystery classics
- truePolice -- England
- trueVictorian era (1837-1901) -- 1837 -- 1901
- trueVictorian mysteries
Genre
- trueBooks to movies
- trueClassics
- Electronic books
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueMysteries
- trueMystery classics
- trueVictorian mysteries
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