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The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins

Start date: September 18, 2016

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19th-century British
Epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel…more
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19th-century British
Epistolary novel, generally considered the first detective novel in the English language

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Dec 19, 2015 ULa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: blue-ranger, wilkie-collins, ibuk, 5w1h

I lit my pipe, and took a turn at ROBINSON CRUSOE.
Before I had been at it five minutes, I came to this amazing bit-- page one hundred and sixty-one--as follows:
"Fear of Danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than Danger itself, when apparent to the Eyes; and we find the Burthen of Anxiety greater, by much, than the Evil which we are anxious about."
"The man who doesn't believe in ROBINSON CRUSOE, after THAT, is a man with a screw loose in his understanding, or a man lost in the mist of his ...more

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Jun 01, 2017 Grace rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mccrum-s-100-greatest, 2017-reads

# 19 in my chronological read of McCrums 100 greatest. Absolutely loved it. 5 star within the McCrum list for sure. I never wearied of reading it, the voices of the different characters were superb. Humorous, sad, poignant... every emotion found within.
An explanation of my star rating.
5= Truly cream of the crop. Amazing. In a wondrous realm of their own
4= Special and well written. Truly a good/maybe great book, but not a rare 5 star wonder.
3= Moments of brilliance, a pleasure to read. I'd recom ...more

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