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The Moonstone: A Romance by Wilkie Collins is an 1868 British epistolary novel. It is an early example of the modern detective novel , and established many of the ground rules of the modern genre. Its publication was started on 4 January 1868 and was completed on 8 August 1868.
Godfrey Ablewhite is a character in Wilkie Collins' 1868 novel The Moonstone. [1] A vocal philanthropist, he is one of the rival suitors of Rachel Verinder , to whom he is briefly engaged before his mercenary motives are revealed.
The Moonstone is a daytime drama series produced by King Bert Productions for BBC One. It is an adaptation of the Wilkie Collins 1868 novel of the same name described by T.S. Eliot as the first and greatest of English detective novels.
Miss Drusilla Clack is a character, and part-narrator, in Wilkie Collins' 1868 novel The Moonstone. A poor relation of the Verinder family, Miss Clack is an ardent Evangelical, and has a habit of handing out improving tracts to strangers and family alike.
The Moonstone is a British mystery television series adapted from the 1868 novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. [3] [4] It aired on BBC 1 in five episodes between 16 January and 13 February 1972. [5] It subsequently aired in America on PBS-TV's Masterpiece Theatre between 10 December 1972 and 7 January 1973.
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The Moonstone is a television drama series based on the 1868 novel The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. [1] [2] It was broadcast in two parts in 1996. [3] Cast.