Moonstone
Wilkie Collins
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Length 20 h 9 min
Chapters 47
First published 1868
The story concerns a young woman called Rachel Verinder who inherits a large Indian diamond, the Moonstone, on her eighteenth birthday.
The book is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels. T. S. Eliot called it 'the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels'. It contains a number of ideas which became common tropes of the genre: a large number of suspects, red herrings, a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who happen to be present when it is committed, and two police officers who exemplify respectively the 'local bungler' and the skilled, professional, Scotland Yard detective. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Chapters
1
Prologue Read by Mike Gardom 14:25
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First Period: Chapter 2 Read by Mike Gardom 11:06
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First Period: Chapter 3 Read by Mike Gardom 16:37
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First Period: Chapter 4 Read by Mike Gardom 20:57
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First Period: Chapter 5 Read by Mike Gardom 18:18
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First Period: Chapter 6 Read by Lee Ann Howlett 25:14
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First Period: Chapter 7 Read by Mike Gardom 9:55
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First Period: Chapter 8 Read by Mike Gardom 27:44
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First Period: Chapter 9 Read by Mike Gardom 15:30
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First Period: Chapter 10 Read by Lee Ann Howlett 27:04
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First Period: Chapter 11 Read by Graham Redman 53:28
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First Period: Chapter 12 Read by Gesine 28:41
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First Period: Chapter 13 Read by Gesine 16:54
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First Period: Chapter 14 Read by J. M. Smallheer 18:26
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First Period: Chapter 15 Read by J. M. Smallheer 29:26
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First Period: Chapter 16 Read by J. M. Smallheer 18:58
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First Period: Chapter 17 Read by J. M. Smallheer 14:10
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First Period: Chapter 18 Read by Lee Ann Howlett 14:24
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First Period: Chapter 19 Read by Lee Ann Howlett 10:24
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First Period: Chapter 20 Read by Mike Gardom 8:47
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First Period: Chapter 21 Read by Mike Gardom 27:43
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First Period: Chapter 22 Read by Mike Gardom 22:46
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First Period: Chapter 23 Read by Mike Gardom 30:05
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Second Period: First Narrative I Read by Kristine Bekere 32:18
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Second Period: First Narrative II Read by Kristine Bekere 27:46
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Second Period: First Narrative III Read by Kristine Bekere 26:22
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Second Period: First Narrative IV Read by Kristine Bekere 21:58
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Second Period: First Narrative V Read by Kristine Bekere 22:03
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Second Period: First Narrative VI & VII Read by Kristine Bekere 30:22
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Second Period: First Narrative VIII Read by Kristine Bekere 34:54
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Second Period: Second Narrative I Read by Joel Poortenga 26:10
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Second Period: Second Narrative II & III Read by Joel Poortenga 34:31
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Second Period: Third Narrative I & II Read by Joel Poortenga 28:12
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Second Period: Third Narrative III Read by Joel Poortenga 20:29
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Second Period: Third Narrative IV Read by Joel Poortenga 34:45
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Second Period: Third Narrative V Read by Joel Poortenga 21:42
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Second Period: Third Narrative VI Read by Joel Poortenga 22:17
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Second Period: Third Narrative VII Read by Joel Poortenga 32:28
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Second Period: Third Narrative VIII Read by Joel Poortenga 31:40
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Second Period: Third Narrative IX Read by Joel Poortenga 36:26
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Second Period: Third Narrative X Read by Joel Poortenga 35:10
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Second Period: Fourth Narrative Part 1 Read by Graham Redman 31:05
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Second Period: Fourth Narrative Part 2 Read by Graham Redman 36:16
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Second Period: Fourth Narrative Part 3 Read by Graham Redman 38:26
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Second Period: Fifth Narrative Read by Joel Poortenga 42:41
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Second Period: Sixth Narrative Read by Joel Poortenga 27:28
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Second Period: Seventh and Eighth Narratives; Epilogue Read by Justin Brett 26:00
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