{"product_id":"the-moonstone","title":"The Moonstone","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the earliest examples of the detective novel, this taut and intricate mystery remains a classic work of Victorian literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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,\" \u003ci\u003eThe Moonstone\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvellously engrossing tale in which facts and memory can prove treacherous and not everyone is as they first appear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSandra Kemp’s introduction examines \u003ci\u003eThe Moonstone\u003c\/i\u003e as a work of Victorian sensation fiction and an early example of the detective genre, and discusses the technique of multiple narrators, the role of opium, and Collins’s sources and autobiographical references.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Wilkie Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":51415860510936,"sku":"9780140434088","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2770\/5320\/files\/cover-9780140434088.jpg?v=1771883625","url":"https:\/\/destiil.com\/fr\/products\/the-moonstone","provider":"De Stiil Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}