num_pages: 576
description: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS celebrates the World's Classics series by reissuing some of the best loved novels in their original hardback format, with special introduction by today's most distinguished writers.The Moonstone (1868), one of the first and greatest detective stories, tells of the theft of a sacred diamond and the efforts of Sergeant Cuff, the policeman investigating the crime, to solve the mystery.P. D. James is a well-known crime writer whose police detective, Adam Dalgliesh, traces his ancestry to Sergeant Cuff. Among her novels are A Taste for Death (1986), Original Sin (1994), and A Certain Justice (1997).
language: English
title: The Moonstone
titlecomplete: The Moonstone
characters: Rosanna Spearman, Ezra Jennings, Sergeant Cuff, Matthew Bruff, Gabriel Betteredge, Dr. Candy, Franklin Blake, Penelope Betteredge, Godfrey Ablewhite, Rachel Verinder, Lady Julia Verinder, Mr. Murthwaite, Drusilla Clack
genres: Historical Fiction, Crime, Literature, Victorian, Classics, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, British Literature, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 91303
places: England, London, England, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Premio Euskadi de Literatura
category: Traduccion, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CWA Best Ever
category: Crime Novel
publisher: Oxford University Press