"The Moonstone," by Wilkie Collins, is part of the "Barnes and Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of "Barnes and Noble Classics": New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices and Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. "Barnes and Noble Classics "pulls together a constellation of influences-biographical, historical, and literary-to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. Alongside Edgar Allan Poe in America, Britain's Wilkie Collins stands as the inventor of the modern detective story. "The Moonstone" introduces all the ingredients: a homey, English country setting, and a colorfully exotic background in colonial India; the theft of a fabulous diamond from the lovely heroine; a bloody murder and a tragic suicide; a poor hero in love with the heroine but suspected of the crime, who can't remember anything about the night the jewel was stolen; assorted friends, relatives, servants, a lawyer, a doctor, a sea captain-suspects, all; and, mostessentially, a bumbling local policeman and a brilliant if eccentric London detective. Adding spice to the recipe are unexpected twists, a bit of dark satire, a dash of social comment, and an unusual but effective narrative structure-eleven different voices relate parts of the tale, each revealing as much about himself (and, in one case, herself) as about the mystery of the missing Moonstone. Filled with suspense, action, and romance, "The Moonstone" is as riveting and intoxicating today as it was when it first appeared more than a century ago. Joy Connolly teaches in the Classics Department at New York University. Her recent research includes the history of rhetoric and political thought, and the relationship of literature and ethics. She writes book reviews for the New York Times and other publications.
这是部侦探小说,作者是威尔基·柯林斯(1824~1889年)。 月亮宝石是印度婆罗门教所信奉的月亮女神额上的装饰,据说有神力。后因战争流落民间,有三个婆罗门及其后代一直在关注着它,并一直试图重新得到月亮宝石。 后来,一个英国军官用血腥的手段得到了宝石,并传给了他妹妹的...
评分威尔基.柯林斯的侦探小说《月亮宝石》里特别有趣的一处是,第一个故事的叙述者管家贝特里奇喜欢《鲁滨逊漂流记》的程度早已超越了文学的范围,他说“多年来我一直在靠这部书解决疑难---我认为它是我的患难朋友。碰到情绪不好---看《鲁滨逊漂流记》。碰到没了主意---看《鲁滨逊...
评分月亮宝石里面的故事真的很(^o^)/~好哩,里面的故事很吸引人仿佛身临其境一颗月亮宝石引发的一个侦探故事作者科林斯能把该故事描述的非常完美故本人力荐这本书O(∩_∩)O哈哈~
评分是初中时候读的这本书,总体而言,在那时候这本书颇为引人入胜,读了大约有三四遍,觉得这本书里面的人物描述应该算是一个最为突出的地方,我仿佛能够看到捧着《鲁滨孙漂流记》的情形,还是很让人怀念和回味的。应该说这本书还是值得一看
评分《月亮宝石》拥有我喜欢的小说的大部分元素,推理(引发观众一直看下去得渴望),巨大的钻石以及幕后的传说以及装神弄鬼的印度人(或者随便什么巫师巫术,通常都是障眼法),生活很静止的上流社会庄园小姐和公子以及他们毫无意义的游戏和求爱,人性化复杂一点的奴仆阶层和他们...
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