The Moonstone -

Wilkie Collins

Modern Library

2001

528 páginas

17h 36m

ISBN-13: 9780375757853

"The Moonstone is a page-turner," writes Carolyn Heilbrun. "It catches one up and unfolds its amazing story through the recountings of its several narrators, all of them enticing and singular." Wilkie Collins’s spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genre–the detective mystery. Hinging on the theft of an enormous diamond originally stolen from an Indian shrine, this riveting novel features the innovative Sergeant Cuff, the hilarious house steward Gabriel Betteridge, a lovesick housemaid, and a mysterious band of Indian jugglers.

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.