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The first time I read this was in 1974. I had forgotten all the details. This second reading was just as enjoyable as the first. But with time, our impressions change, and I could not fail to notice a hint of racism in his treatment of the Indian characters. In spite of this, there is also a positive hint at condemning the British rule in India.
Wilkiw Collins is a master story-teller, the rhythm may be slow, but I guess that was the usual way of writing at his time. His characters are very well ...more
Wilkiw Collins is a master story-teller, the rhythm may be slow, but I guess that was the usual way of writing at his time. His characters are very well ...more
Available at LibriVox. What a splendid book, I prefer it compared with The Woman in White.
"The first and greatest of English detective novels."
T. S. Eliot
So states the cover of The Modern Library Classics edition of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.
I don't tend to read mysteries/detective fiction, anyway not since my youth when I devoured every Hardy Boys book my library held, and they held a lot of them if not all. I do remember reading one several years ago -- can't think of the name of it now -- and I enjoyed that, too. So why don't I read them? This book is making me ponder tha ...more
T. S. Eliot
So states the cover of The Modern Library Classics edition of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.
I don't tend to read mysteries/detective fiction, anyway not since my youth when I devoured every Hardy Boys book my library held, and they held a lot of them if not all. I do remember reading one several years ago -- can't think of the name of it now -- and I enjoyed that, too. So why don't I read them? This book is making me ponder tha ...more
This did not live up to the hype but it was still a good read.
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