The moonstone was left to rachel by her uncle, john herncastle terrence hardiman, whom she last saw two years ago, just before she. It is generally considered to be the first detective novel, and it established many of the ground rules of the modern detective novel. The moonstone 1868 by wilkie collins is a 19thcentury british epistolary novel. The story was originally serialised in charles dickenss magazine all the year round. When the fabulous moonstone diamond is stolen, all the suspects appear to have alibis. Franklin blake greg wise delivers to his cousin rachel a diamond shes inherited, but the. The moonstone is a television drama series based on the moonstone by wilkie collins. Even the young girl who owns the diamond wont say whom she saw took it. A devastated rachel leaves for london casting suspicion on herself, while cuff focuses on a servant in the household. The moonstone, an adaptation of the 1868 novel by wilkie collins. When the moonstone is stolen on rachels birthday, everyone in the household falls under suspicion, from her cousins franklin blake robin ellis and godfrey ablewhite martin jarvis, her mother lady verinder kathleen byron, butler betteredge basil digham, to servants penelope betteredge maureen morris and rosanna spearman anna cropper.
When the priests of the temple journey to england to get the gem back, chaos ensues. A dear family friend calls in the famous sergeant cuff to solve the case, but theyll have to untangle a skein of lies and retrieve lost. Franklin blake greg wise delivers to his cousin rachel. Watch masterpiece episodes online season 27 1998 tv. Rachels cousin miss clack arrives at the verinder house and tells franklin of the. Wilkie collinss the moonstone is a seminal work in the field of detective literature. The moonstone by wilkie collins is an early example of the english detective novel. Two years later, just before rachels birthday, a man named franklin blake announces to rachel that the moonstone has been bequeathed to her by herncastle. Following the disappearance of the moonstone, the celebrated detective sergeant cuff is called to yorkshire by franklin. A fabulous diamond has been looted from a mysterious temple in india, and everyone associated with the gem falls under i.
Franklin blake greg wise delivers to his cousin rachel a diamond shes inherited, but the gem disappears soon after she. Nov 2, 1997 the moonstone, an adaptation of the 1868 novel by wilkie collins. Following the shock of the moonstones disappearance, celebrated. The story begins with colonel herncastle, the older and rather unkind uncle of rachel verinder, returning from. November 2, 1997 the moonstone, an adaptation of the 1868 novel by wilkie collins. Clips of the fabulous keeley hawes as rachel verinder in the tv series the moonstone. Coming soon to a theater near you, adapted from the 19th century novel, is the epic, thrilling, romance filled, mystery.
A young farmers former partnerincrime, girlfriend and slowwitted brother figure in the discovery of his forgotten past. Watch masterpiece theatre season 27, episode 3 the moonstone. With greg wise, keeley hawes, terrence hardiman, mellan mitchell. Fivepart drama series based on the novel by wilkie collins. The moonstone 1h 52min crime, drama, mystery tv movie 2 november 1997 when the fabulous moonstone diamond is stolen, all the suspects appear to have alibis. It both conforms to and differs from midvictorian formulations of the genre and regards issues such as. This 1997 bbc film version of the moonstone is categorised by imdb in. The moonstone was left to rachel by her uncle, john herncastle terrence hardiman, whom she last saw two years ago, just before she informed him she never cared to talk to him again.