The Moonstone (AmazonClassics Edition) -

Wilkie Collins

AmazonClassics

2017

571 páginas

19h 2m

ISBN-10: B075M633XR

Bequeathed a rare diamond by her late uncle, heiress Rachel Verinder has no idea it was stolen from an Indian temple or that it has a cursed history. When the diamond disappears on her eighteenth birthday, multiple suspects—including Rachel’s suitor, Franklin Blake—are implicated in its theft. Determined to prove his innocence, Franklin begins his own investigation. Did one of his fellow Englishmen steal the jewel? Or was it whisked back to India? The case, which unfolds through multiple narratives, takes startling twists and turns in pursuit of the truth.

Widely considered the first great detective novel written in English, The Moonstone is one of Wilkie Collins’s most famous works.

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Revised edition: Previously published as The Moonstone, this edition of The Moonstone (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Resenhas (1)

4 (Muito bom)

Surprisingly long for a relatively short book.

This is a bit so long book that feels like a one thousand page one. The reading doesn't flow easily, the beginning feels long and dragged (as well as troubled) and the choice of narrative downstairs seem to help. Collins chose to narrate the story via several narrators. I mean, several. "Lots" of characters have a say in the telling of this story, and just as the reader is getting used to the style and point of view, then the narrator changes and we have to familiarize ourselves from scratch. The story picks up towards the end, becoming one of those that's hard to put down, but even that doesn't last. The end doesn't satisfy. It may have been the first (?) investigation story in the history of English literature and it has its merits, but definitely not the best or gripping book of this genre I've read.