Contents · 57 sections
- PROLOGUE10 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER I5 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER II9 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER III13 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER IV16 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER V14 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER VI21 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER VII8 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER VIII21 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER IX12 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER X22 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XI37 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XII21 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XIII11 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XIV16 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XV26 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XVI17 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XVII13 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XVIII13 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XIX10 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XX7 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XXI19 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XXII17 min
- THE STORY — FIRST PERIOD — CHAPTER XXIII22 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — FIRST NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER I21 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — FIRST NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER II20 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — FIRST NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER III19 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — FIRST NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER IV16 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — FIRST NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER V16 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — FIRST NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER VI3 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — FIRST NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER VII20 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — FIRST NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER VIII27 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — SECOND NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER I21 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — SECOND NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER II9 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — SECOND NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER III19 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER I9 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER II13 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER III15 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER IV28 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER V17 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER VI18 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER VII25 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER VIII25 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER IX28 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — THIRD NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER X26 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — FOURTH NARRATIVE.67 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — FIFTH NARRATIVE. — CHAPTER I33 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — SIXTH NARRATIVE. — I1 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — SIXTH NARRATIVE. — II6 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — SIXTH NARRATIVE. — III5 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — SIXTH NARRATIVE. — IV4 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — SIXTH NARRATIVE. — V6 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — SEVENTH NARRATIVE.4 min
- THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — EIGHTH NARRATIVE.4 min
- EPILOGUE. — I2 min
- EPILOGUE. — II3 min
- EPILOGUE. — III7 min
The Moonstone · Wilkie Collins
THE STORY — SECOND PERIOD. — SIXTH NARRATIVE. — I
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Dorking, Surrey, July 30th, 1849. To Franklin Blake, Esq. Sir,—I beg to apologise for the delay that has occurred in the production of the Report, with which I engaged to furnish you. I have waited to make it a complete Report; and I have been met, here and there, by obstacles which it was only possible to remove by some little expenditure of patience and time.
The object which I proposed to myself has now, I hope, been attained. You will find, in these pages, answers to the greater part—if not all—of the questions, concerning the late Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite, which occurred to your mind when I last had the honour of seeing you.
I propose to tell you—in the first place—what is known of the manner in which your cousin met his death; appending to the statement such inferences and conclusions as we are justified (according to my opinion) in drawing from the facts.
I shall then endeavour—in the second place—to put you in possession of such discoveries as I have made, respecting the proceedings of Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite, before, during and after the time, when you and he met as guests at the late Lady Verinder’s country house.