Moonstone Podcast By Wilkie Collins cover art

Moonstone

Moonstone

By: Wilkie Collins
Listen for free

About this listen

 Delve into the captivating tale of Rachel Verinder, a young woman who comes into possession of the Moonstone, a magnificent Indian diamond, on her eighteenth birthday. Heralded by T.S. Eliot as the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels, Moonstone sets the stage for the modern mystery and suspense genre. The plot is rife with intriguing elements such as a plethora of suspects, misleading clues, a crime solved by gifted amateurs present at the scene, and two contrasting police officers - the local bumbler and the adept Scotland Yard detective. This engrossing narrative stands as a testament to the evolution of the detective novel.Copyright Retro Radio Art Literary History & Criticism Science Social Sciences
Episodes
  • 48 - Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

    48 - Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
    Jun 10 2025
    Delve into the captivating tale of Rachel Verinder, a young woman who comes into possession of the Moonstone, a magnificent Indian diamond, on her eighteenth birthday. Heralded by T.S. Eliot as the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels, Moonstone sets the stage for the modern mystery and suspense genre. The plot is rife with intriguing elements such as a plethora of suspects, misleading clues, a crime solved by gifted amateurs present at the scene, and two contrasting police officers - the local bumbler and the adept Scotland Yard detective. This engrossing narrative stands as a testament to the evolution of the detective novel.
    Show more Show less
    26 mins
  • 47 - Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

    47 - Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
    Jun 10 2025
    Delve into the captivating tale of Rachel Verinder, a young woman who comes into possession of the Moonstone, a magnificent Indian diamond, on her eighteenth birthday. Heralded by T.S. Eliot as the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels, Moonstone sets the stage for the modern mystery and suspense genre. The plot is rife with intriguing elements such as a plethora of suspects, misleading clues, a crime solved by gifted amateurs present at the scene, and two contrasting police officers - the local bumbler and the adept Scotland Yard detective. This engrossing narrative stands as a testament to the evolution of the detective novel.
    Show more Show less
    27 mins
  • 46 - Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

    46 - Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
    Jun 10 2025
    Delve into the captivating tale of Rachel Verinder, a young woman who comes into possession of the Moonstone, a magnificent Indian diamond, on her eighteenth birthday. Heralded by T.S. Eliot as the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels, Moonstone sets the stage for the modern mystery and suspense genre. The plot is rife with intriguing elements such as a plethora of suspects, misleading clues, a crime solved by gifted amateurs present at the scene, and two contrasting police officers - the local bumbler and the adept Scotland Yard detective. This engrossing narrative stands as a testament to the evolution of the detective novel.
    Show more Show less
    43 mins
No reviews yet