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The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins

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England -- FictionCountry homes -- FictionPolice -- England -- FictionJewelry theft -- FictionEast Indians -- England -- Fiction

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  1. 01Front matter~1 min
  2. 02I~2 min
  3. 03II~5 min
  4. 04III~6 min
  5. 05IV~3 min
  6. 06CHAPTER I~6 min
  7. 07CHAPTER II~12 min
  8. 08CHAPTER III~18 min
  9. 09CHAPTER IV~22 min
  10. 10CHAPTER V~20 min
  11. 11CHAPTER VI — part 1~24 min
  12. 12CHAPTER VI — part 2~6 min
  13. 13CHAPTER VII~11 min
  14. 14CHAPTER VIII — part 1~25 min
  15. 15CHAPTER VIII — part 2~3 min
  16. 16CHAPTER IX~17 min
  17. 17CHAPTER X — part 1~25 min
  18. 18CHAPTER X — part 2~6 min
  19. 19CHAPTER XI — part 1~25 min
  20. 20CHAPTER XI — part 2~25 min
  21. 21CHAPTER XI — part 3~2 min
  22. 22CHAPTER XII — part 1~25 min
  23. 23CHAPTER XII — part 2~4 min
  24. 24CHAPTER XIII~15 min
  25. 25CHAPTER XIV~22 min
  26. 26CHAPTER XV — part 1~25 min
  27. 27CHAPTER XV — part 2~11 min
  28. 28CHAPTER XVI~24 min
  29. 29CHAPTER XVII~18 min
  30. 30CHAPTER XVIII~17 min

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I address these lines—written in India—to my relatives in England. My object is to explain the motive which has induced me to refuse the right hand of friendship to my cousin, John Herncastle. The reserve which I have hitherto maintained in this matter has been misinterpreted by members of my family whose good opinion I cannot consent to forfeit. I request them to suspend their decision until they have read my narrative. And I declare, on my word of honour, that what I am now about to write is, strictly and literally, the truth.

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