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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- Fiction
- Jewelry theft
- East Indians
- Police
- Drama
- History
- Detective and mystery stories
- Readers
- English fiction
- Country homes
- Diamonds
- Young women
- Juvenile literature
- Upper class
- Classic Literature
- Mystery fiction
- Children: Grades 4-6
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- British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- England, fiction
- Verinder, rachel (fictitious character), fiction
- Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural
- Fiction, mystery & detective, general
- Murder
- Moonstones
- Literature
- Dictionaries
- English language
- French
- Spanish
- William
- Wilkie
- Collins
- Bantam
- Classics
- The Moonstone
- Romance
- Mystery Crime
- Swords
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- Thievery
- Kidnapping
- Hypnotism
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- Compassion
- Anger
- Death
- Crime, fiction
- English literature
- Fiction, crime
- Juvenile fiction
- Vol de bijoux
- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- England -- Fiction
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- Police -- England -- Fiction
- Jewelry theft -- Fiction
- East Indians -- England -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery stories, English
- English Detective and mystery stories
- Translations into Russian
- Study and teaching
- Chinese speakers
- Zhen tan xiao shuo
- Suo xie ben
- Chang pian xiao shuo
- Novela policÃaca inglesa
- Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional
- Mystery and detective stories
- Children's fiction
- Romans, nouvelles
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- General
- Malicious accusation
- Long Now Manual for Civilization
- Jaw
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- Operative Dentistry
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