On her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder receives a very special present: the Moonstone – a large yellow diamond from India: but that night the Moonstone is stolen… In what T. S. Eliot called ‘the first, the longest, and the best of modern detective novels’, Wilkie Collins tells a story full of mystery, suspense and psychological insight. ide ranges of activities practising the four skills. FCE-style activities. Trinity-style activities (Grade 7). Dossier: Imperialsm on the Indian Subcontinent. Internet projects.