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The Moonstone — Wilkie Collins

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

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  • Book language: English
  • 497 pages

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is a Victorian detective novel told through multiple narrators and documents. It follows a precious Indian diamond that comes into an English household and then mysteriously disappears, as various characters try to uncover what happened. It is worth listening to for its carefully unfolding mystery and its vivid cast of narrators.

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Opening of the book

THE MOONSTONE
A Romance
by Wilkie Collins
Contents
PROLOGUE
THE STORY
FIRST PERIOD
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
SECOND PERIOD
FIRST NARRATIVE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
SECOND NARRATIVE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III
THIRD NARRATIVE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
FOURTH NARRATIVE
FIFTH NARRATIVE
SIXTH NARRATIVE
I
II
III
IV
V
SEVENTH NARRATIVE
EIGHTH NARRATIVE
EPILOGUE
I
II

III

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Contents

  1. THE MOONSTONE
  2. A Romance
  3. Contents
  4. PROLOGUE
  5. THE STORY
  6. FIRST PERIOD THE LOSS OF THE DIAMOND (1848)
  7. CHAPTER I
  8. CHAPTER II
  9. CHAPTER III
  10. CHAPTER IV
  11. CHAPTER V
  12. CHAPTER VI
  13. CHAPTER VII
  14. CHAPTER VIII
  15. CHAPTER IX
  16. CHAPTER X
  17. CHAPTER XI
  18. CHAPTER XII
  19. CHAPTER XIII
  20. CHAPTER XIV
  21. CHAPTER XV
  22. CHAPTER XVI
  23. CHAPTER XVII
  24. CHAPTER XVIII
  25. CHAPTER XIX
  26. CHAPTER XX
  27. CHAPTER XXI
  28. CHAPTER XXII
  29. CHAPTER XXIII
  30. SECOND PERIOD. THE DISCOVERY OF THE TRUTH. (1848-1849.)

and 32 more chapters

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