#themoonstone

My #Victober 2019 TBR. Though some or all of these titles may fit in particular challenges, I will not be doing any pre-decided challenge: I have chosen the 3 Victorian literary works I want to read soonest. Dracula will be also my Halloween 2019 read, it's my first time reading the novel, though I know a lot about its story mainly thanks to the 1931 movie adaptation! ~ #ToBeRead #TBR #VictorianLiterature #TheMoonstone #Moonstone #WilkieCollins #Cranford #ElizabethGaskell #Dracula #BramStoker #Halloween #Victober2019 #VictorianNovel #book #books #bookstagram #bibliophile #reading #read #booklove #instabook #literature #bookclub #bookworm #bookish #bookstagramfeature #booknerd #bookaddict #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/B26nA9aAIMi/?igshid=44qr9twsrwqb

Kapalı oda okumamızın ilk iki kitabını hemen bitirmiş Aytaşı’na geçmiştim ama kitap hoş olmasına rağmen yavaş ilerliyor, hâlâ okuyorum. ♦️canım @thalassapolisneokudum ile nice güzel okumalar yapmak ümidiyle.. #kapaliodaokuma #teawithlemon #books #stationary #wilkiecollins #themoonstone

#wilkie #collinsWilkie #theMoonstone #sanskrit (at Hell's Kitchen) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC1SdC1Bphk/?igshid=17iiog4pv4l3j

Book 5 of 2020: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins . . “Lord bless us! It was a Diamond! As large, or nearly, as plover’s egg! The light that streamed from it was like the light of the harvest moon. When you looked down into the stone, you looked into a yellow deep that drew your eyes into it so that they saw nothing else. It seemed unfathomable; this jewel, that you could hold between your finger and thumb, seemed unfathomable as the heavens themselves. We set it in the sun, and then shut the light out of the room, and it shone awfully out of the depths of its own brightness, with a moony gleam, in the dark.” . . #readingchallenge2020 #quarantinereads #wilkiecollins #themoonstone #orientalist #bookstagram #victorianbooks #colonialstories https://www.instagram.com/p/CAw1Ku8FldI/?igshid=we4o7urpv5sp

Ready for #readinghour! What are you reading? #books #bookstagram #themoonstone #classics #worldbooknight #worldbooknight2020 #worldbookday https://www.instagram.com/p/B_VTknVA8DW/?igshid=1ovpzoxxzldoy

«... what is the hardness of stone? Nothing, compared to the hardness of the unregenerate human heart!» (from Second Period: The Discovery of the Truth (1848-49), Second Narrative Contributed by Miss Clack..., Chapter II) ~ #Finished: The Moonstone by #WilkieCollins Rating: 10/10 ~ First of all, I can say that this is the most exciting novel I have ever read. Suspense in this novel has no equivalent in anything I have read before. Let's go into the story a little. ~ *possible spoilers* (1) The Moonstone, a diamond associated to an idol of an Indian lunar deity, is brought to England by Colonel Herncastle after a plundering during the siege of Seringapatam. The stone brings three Hindu priests, who are part of a tradition having protected the stone for generations, with itself. Herncastle, in his will leaves the stone to his niece Rachel Verinder, for her birthday. By the morning after the birthday, the diamond has gone missing, and then the hell breaks loose. After this outset, I can't tell the most of what has happened, as it will TOTALLY ruin the novel for those who haven't read. Twists and turns, surprises and mystery are what makes this novel a great one. Besides, almost more than the plot devices, the characters' narratives and points of views carry more importance in the novel in my opinion, as they direct the plot. The novel is structrued upon Fraklin Blake's collection of witness statements, including his own; diary entries; and letters. This polyphonic narration, of course, presents heteroglossia, turning the reading experience into a labyrinth in which various narrative voices guide the reader for the exit. ~ «... If you do that, and if there are such things as ghosts, I believe my ghost will hear it, and tremble with the pleasure of it.» (Second Period: The Discovery of the Truth (1848-49), Third Narrative Contributed by Franklin Blake, Chapter V) ~ #TheMoonstone #Moonstone #GabrielBetteredge #FranklinBlake #RachelVerinder #SergeantCuff #GodfreyAblewhite #EzraJennings #detectivenovel #sensationnovel #victoriannovel #book #books #bookstagram #literature #englishnovel #novel #bibliophile #reading #read #instabook #bookworm #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/B3tgaS0AMnE/?igshid=1agateelirrfb

«‘The Moonstone will have its vengeance yet on you and yours!’» (from Prologue: The Storming of Seringapatam (1799), III) ~ «Persons and Things do turn up so vexatiously in this life, and will in a manner insist on being noticed. Let us take it easy, and let us take it short; we shall be in the thick of the mystery soon, I promise you!» (First Period: The Loss of the Diamond (1848), The events related by Gabriel Betteredge..., Chapter IV) ~ #CurrentlyReading: The Moonstone by #WilkieCollins. The novel, called "the first and greatest of English detective novels" by T. S. Eliot, is becoming the very first detective novel I've ever read. (yes, I haven't read any Doyle or Christie yet, though I have heard about several Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot stories, and have read some of Poe's detective short stories) The novel is going perfect so far, and I can say the plot is one of the most captivating and well-developed plots I have ever read. The story is about a valuable diamond originally on the forehead of an idol of an Indian deity typifying the Moon, having been guarded in India for generations by three Hindu priests, brought to England after a siege. The suspense, the various mysteries revolving around the stone, and the characters are amazingly intriguing. ~ Some facts I learned from the explanatory notes: Collins made a great deal of research, took notes before writing this novel, and, in his early drafts of the novel, planned to associate the stone to a serpent sacred to Krishna and to name the novel "The Serpent's Eye". ~ «We had our breakfasts — whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn’t matter, you must have your breakfast.» (First Period: The Loss of the Diamond (1848), The events related by Gabriel Betteredge..., Chapter XI) ~ #TheMoonstone #Moonstone #GabrielBetteredge #SergeantCuff #RosannaSpearman #FranklinBlake #RachelVerinder #JuliaVerinder #detectivenovel #sensationnovel #englishnovel #victoriannovel #book #books #bookstagram #literature #bibliophile #novel #currentread #reading #read #instabook #bookclub #bookworm #booknerd #bookaddict #classics #oxfordworldsclassics https://www.instagram.com/p/B3MyVpnApz-/?igshid=3rww662k71ih

New books bought/received in the past month. ~ #newbooks #TheWomanInWhite #TheMoonstone #WilkieCollins #TheWayWeLiveNow #AnthonyTrollope #EugenieGrandet #KreutzerSonat #MadameBovary #LeoTolstoy #GustaveFlaubert #HonoreDeBalzac #bookhaul #novel #book #books #bookstagram #bibliophile #reading #read #booklove #instabook #literature #bookclub #bookish #booktube #bookworm #booknerd #classics #igreads https://www.instagram.com/p/BvPUU16HCcS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u5rjxo4itu8