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A debased englishman steals the moonstone, a sacred gem, from india. The moonstone, one of the first english detective novels, written by wilkie collins and published in 1868 a debased englishman steals the moonstone, a sacred gem, from india. Jan 01, 2009 claimed as the first detective story in the english language, wilkie collins weaves his classic mystery through a series of narratives by various characters in the book who had first hand knowledge surrounding the disappearance of a large valuable yellow diamond the moonstone from the room of its young owner, rachel verinder. The moonstone 1868 by wilkie collins is a 19thcentury british epistolary novel.
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