The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder. On her eighteenth birthday her friend and suitor, Franklin Blake, brings the gift to her. That very night, it is stolen again. No one is above suspicion as the idiosyncratic Sergeant Cuff and Franklin piece together a puzzling series of events as mystifying as an opium dream and as deceptive as the nearby Shivering Sand.
The Moonstone (Compass Classic Readers:Level 4) ONLY CD
Publishing brings the first English detective novel to its line of Classic Readers. Wilkie Collins weaves an intricate tale, starting with a yellow diamond being seized by a British officer in India. English language learners of all ages will enjoy developing their vocabulary and reading fluency as they read about the young Rachel Verinder inheriting the diamond, which soon disappears and the Hindu priests, who intend to reclaim the revered stone. Students and teachers alike will be enthralled with the many characters involved in the transcendent mystery of The Moonstone.
There are many editions of The Moonstone. This educational edition was created for self-improvement or in preparation for advanced examinations. The bottom of each page is annotated with a mini-thesaurus of uncommon words highlighted in the text, including synonyms and antonyms. Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on standardized tests.
Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation.
The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night the priceless stone is stolen again and when Sergeant Cuff is brought in to investigate the crime, he soon realizes that no one in Rachel’s household is above suspicion. Hailed by T. S. Eliot as ‘the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels’, The Moonstone is a marvellously taut and intricate tale of mystery, in which facts and memory can prove treacherous and not everyone is as they first appear.
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Wilkie Collins - The Moonstone (Radio Performance)
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Wilkie Collins' position as the father of English detective fiction was firmly established with the publication of The Moonstone in 1868 and The Woman in White eight years earlier. Sergeant Cuff, one of the first fictional detectives, sets out to solve the mystery of the missing Moonstone.
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