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The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

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"The Moonstone" (1868) by Wilkie Collins is widely regarded as the first modern English detective novel. The story revolves around a large, yellow diamond of immense value and religious significance, stolen from a sacred Indian shrine. Inherited by Rachel Verinder on her 18th birthday, the gem mysteriously vanishes from her bedroom that very night. The narrative is uniquely structured through a series of eyewitness accounts from various characters, creating a complex puzzle for the famous Sergeant Cuff to solve. It is a masterpiece of Victorian suspense, blending themes of colonial guilt, romantic tension, and the birth of classic detective tropes like the "locked-room" mystery and the "red herring."

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