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The Moonstone

Released

1868

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.

• Fiction
• Jewelry theft
• East Indians
• Police
• Drama
• History
• Detective and mystery stories
• Readers
• English fiction
• Country homes