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portada The Moonstone (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (in English)
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
Inglés
Pages
472
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.0 cm
Weight
0.86 kg.
ISBN13
9781774769232

The Moonstone (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (in English)

Wilkie Collins (Author) · Royal Classics · Hardcover

The Moonstone (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (in English) - Collins, Wilkie

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Synopsis "The Moonstone (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (in English)"

Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday. The diamond is of great religious significance and extremely valuable, and three Hindu priests have dedicated their lives to recovering it. At her eighteenth birthday party, she wears the Moonstone, and later that night the diamond is stolen from Rachel's bedroom. A period of turmoil, unhappiness, misunderstandings, and ill luck ensues. The Moonstone is an early example of the modern detective novel and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. The Moonstone of the title is a diamond (not to be confused with the semi-precious moonstone gem). It gained its name from its association with the Hindu god of the Moon, Chandra. It is protected by three hereditary guardians on the orders of Vishnu, and waxes and wanes in brilliance along with the light of the Moon. This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian-inspired dust jacket.
Wilkie Collins
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(Londres 1824-1889) Dramaturgo, novelista y prolífico autor de relatos. A los 17 años comienza a trabajar en una empresa de comercio de té mientras escribe Ioláni, o Tahití tal como era (Gótica nº 32), obra que no vio la luz hasta más de un siglo después de su muerte. Estudió Derecho y, aunque nunca llegó a ejercer, sí utilizó los conocimientos jurídicos en muchas de sus obras, y la crítica le considera uno de los padres del género policiaco. En 1851, conoce a Charles Dickens, al que le unirá una profunda amistad y publicará en su semanario All the Year Around sus principales obras. Tras la muerte de Dickens en 1870, su popularidad decae. Padeció de gota reumática la que le acabó provocando una adicción al opio. El epitafio de su tumba le destaca como el autor de la novela La dama de blanco.
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