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The Moonstone (Penguin English Library)[月亮宝石]

内容简介

ThePenguinEnglishLibraryEditionofTheMoonstonebyWilkieCollins.'HerewasourquietEnglishhousesuddenlyinvadedbyadevilishIndianDiamond-bringingafteritaconspiracyoflivingrogues,setlooseonusbythevengeanceofadeadman'WhenRachelVerinder'sbirthdaypresent-theMoonstone,alargeIndiandiamond-isstolenatherparty,suspicionandthediamond'smysteriouscurseseemsettoruineveryoneandeverythingsheloves.OnlySergeantCuff'sfamousdetectiveskillsofferanyhopeofpeaceandafutureforthemall.TheintricateplotandmoderntechniqueofmultiplenarratorsmadeWilkieCollin's1868workahugesuccessintheVictoriansensationgenre.Withareconstructionofthecrime,redherringsanda'locked-room'puzzle,TheMoonstonewasalsoamajorprecursorofthemodernmysterynovel.ThePenguinEnglishLibrary-100editionsofthebestfictioninEnglish,fromtheeighteenthcenturyandtheveryfirstnovelstothebeginningoftheFirstWorldWar.

作者简介

WilkieCollins(1824-89)wasaprolificnovelist,playwrightandshort-storywriter.Bornintoafamilyofartists,inlaterlifethewriterofthirtynovelsandlifelongfriendofCharlesDickensbecameaddictedtoopium,whichhetooktohelprelievetheseverepainof'rheumaticgout',aformofarthritis.Hebegantosufferfromparanoiaandhallucinations,includingthepresenceofa'subjectivedoppelgänger'henamedGhostWilkie,andthedrugplaysaprominentpartinTheMoonstone.TheWomaninWhiteisalsopublishedinthePenguinEnglishLibrary.

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