The Moonstone

The Moonstone

1868 • 604 pages

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Average rating3.9

15

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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Although three are some wonderful stretches of writing, it's tooooo long

Very fun read. I have some general complaints about the way the “mystery” unfolds, but for it being the first detective novel, I'll keep them to myself.

2.5. Too long for the story being told