The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins · 1868

A cursed Indian diamond vanishes from a Yorkshire country house on the night of a birthday, and a chorus of narrators — a butler, a spinster, a doctor's assistant — circle the truth.

Books mentioned in The Moonstone (2)

• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: “In the first part of ROBINSON CRUSOE, at page one hundred and twenty-nine, you will find it thus written:”
• Confessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas De Quincey: “There," he said, "are the far-famed CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM EATER!”

Books that mention The Moonstone (2)

• The Alienist by Caleb Carr: “The Moonstone that Lucius Isaacson had lent him and began very contentedly reading.”
• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger: “I'm at Henry's apartment, in Henry's bed, reading The Moonstone.”