The Moonstone-月亮宝石

作者：Wilkie Collins

书名：The Moonstone《月亮宝石》

中文简介：《月亮宝石》（The Moonstone）是十九世纪的一位英国著名作家—威廉·威尔基·柯林斯所著作的一部代表性的推理小说。该书于1868年出版后，被文坛一致公认此书为他的最佳作品，后世更被誉之为“第一部英国侦探小说，也是最伟大的一部”，从此柯林斯也就戴上了“现代侦探小说鼻祖”的桂冠。以写《福尔摩斯探案》而闻名的柯南·道尔（Conan Doyle）也在很大程度上受到他的影响。

英文简介："The Moonstone is a page-turner," writes Carolyn Heilbrun. "It catches one up and unfolds its amazing story through the recountings of its several narrators, all of them enticing and singular." Wilkie Collins’s spellbinding tale of romance, theft, and murder inspired a hugely popular genre–the detective mystery. Hinging on the theft of an enormous diamond originally stolen from an Indian shrine, this riveting novel features the innovative Sergeant Cuff, the hilarious house steward Gabriel Betteridge, a lovesick housemaid, and a mysterious band of Indian jugglers.