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A fabulous yellow diamond disappears, the case looks simple, but in mid-Victorian England no one is what they seem, and nothing can be taken for granted. Cover -- The Moonstone: A Romance -- Copyright -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION...
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A fabulous yellow diamond disappears, the case looks simple, but in mid-Victorian England no one is what they seem, and nothing can be taken for granted. Cover -- The Moonstone: A Romance -- Copyright -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTE ON THE TEXT -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Manuscripts -- Bibliographies -- Biographies -- Select Bibliography -- Letters -- Criticism: Context and Collins in general -- Select Bibliography -- With specific reference to The Moonstone -- Select Bibliography -- A CHRONOLOGY OF WILKIE COLLINS -- THE MOONSTONE: A ROMANCE -- PREFACE -- PREFACE TO A˜NEW EDITION -- CONTENTS -- THE MOONSTONE -- PROLOGUE -- THE STORMING OF SERINGAPATAM* (1799) -- Extracted from a family paper -- THE STORY -- FIRST PERIOD -- THE LOSS OF THE DIAMOND (1848) -- The events related by Gabriel Betteredge, house-steward in the service of Julia, Lady Verinder -- CHAPTER I -- CHAPTER II -- CHAPTER III -- CHAPTER IV -- CHAPTER V -- CHAPTER VI -- CHAPTER VII -- CHAPTER VIII -- CHAPTER IX -- CHAPTER X -- CHAPTER XI -- CHAPTER XII -- CHAPTER XIII -- CHAPTER XIV -- CHAPTER XV -- CHAPTER XVI -- CHAPTER XVII -- CHAPTER XVIII -- CHAPTER XIX -- CHAPTER XX -- CHAPTER XXI -- CHAPTER XXII -- CHAPTER XXIII -- SECOND PERIOD -- THE DISCOVERY OF THE TRUTH (1848-1849) -- The events related in several narratives -- FIRST NARRATIVE -- Contributed by Miss Clack -- niece of the late Sir John Verinder -- CHAPTER I -- CHAPTER II -- CHAPTER III -- CHAPTER IV -- CHAPTER V -- CHAPTER VI -- CHAPTER VII -- CHAPTER VIII -- SECOND NARRATIVE -- Contributed by Mathew Bru , solicitor, of Gray's Inn Square -- CHAPTER I -- CHAPTER II -- CHAPTER III -- THIRD NARRATIVE -- Contributed by Franklin Blake -- CHAPTER I -- CHAPTER II -- CHAPTER III -- CHAPTER IV -- CHAPTER V -- CHAPTER VI -- CHAPTER VII -- CHAPTER VIII -- CHAPTER IX -- CHAPTER X -- FOURTH NARRATIVE -- Extracted from the Journal of Ezra Jennings -- FIFTH NARRATIVE -- The story resumed by Franklin Blake -- CHAPTER I -- SIXTH NARRATIVE.
