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The Moonstone
About this work
One of the first English detective novels, this mystery involves the disappearance of a valuable diamond, originally stolen from a Hindu idol, given to a young woman on her eighteenth birthday, and then stolen again. A classic of 19th-century literature.
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Subjects
- Fiction
- Jewelry theft
- East Indians
- Police
- Drama
- History
- Detective and mystery stories
- Readers
- English fiction
- Country homes
- Diamonds
- Young women