The Moonstone

by Wilkie Collins · Free audiobook · 48 chapters

Librivox recording of The Moonstone , by Wilkie Collins. The story concerns a young woman called Rachel Verinder who inherits a large Indian diamond, the Moonstone, on her eighteenth birthday. The book is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels. T. S. Eliot called it 'the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels'. It contains a number of ideas which became common tropes of the genre: a large number of suspects, red herrings, a crime being investigated by talented amateurs who happen to be present when it is committed, and two police officers who exemplify respectively the 'local bungler' and the skilled, professional, Scotland Yard detective. (Summary from Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. Read by Librivox volunteers. For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org . Download M4B Part 1 (327mb) Download M4B Part 2 (230mb)

Chapters

• 1. 00 - Prologue14:25
• 2. 01 - First Period: Chapter I6:24
• 3. 02 - First Period: Chapter II11:06
• 4. 03 - First Period: Chapter III16:37
• 5. 04 - First Period: Chapter IV20:57
• 6. 05 - First Period: Chapter V18:18
• 7. 06 - First Period: Chapter VI25:14
• 8. 07 - First Period: Chapter VII9:55
• 9. 08 - First Period: Chapter VIII27:44
• 10. 09 - First Period: Chapter IX15:30
• 11. 10 - First Period: Chapter X27:04
• 12. 11 - First Period: Chapter XI53:29
• 13. 12 - First Period: Chapter XII28:41
• 14. 13 - First Period: Chapter XIII16:54
• 15. 14 - First Period: Chapter XIV18:26
• 16. 15 - First Period: Chapter XV29:26
• 17. 16 - First Period: Chapter XVI18:58
• 18. 17 - First Period: Chapter XVII14:10
• 19. 18 - First Period: Chapter XVIII14:24
• 20. 19 - First Period: Chapter IXX10:24
• 21. 20 - First Period: Chapter XX8:47
• 22. 21 - First Period: Chapter XXI27:43
• 23. 22 - First Period: Chapter XXII22:46
• 24. 23 - First Period: Chapter XXIII30:05
• 25. 24 - Second Period: 1st Narrative: Chapter I32:19
• 26. 25 - Second Period: 1st Narrative: Chapter II27:46
• 27. 26 - Second Period: 1st Narrative: Chapter III26:22
• 28. 27 - Second Period: 1st Narrative: Chapter IV21:58
• 29. 28 - Second Period: 1st Narrative: Chapter V22:03
• 30. 29 - Second Period: 1st Narrative: Chapters VI-VII30:22
• 31. 30 - Second Period: 1st Narrative: Chapter VIII34:54
• 32. 31 - Second Period: 2nd Narrative: Chapter I26:10
• 33. 32 - Second Period: 2nd Narrative: Chapters II-III34:31
• 34. 33 - Second Period: 3rd Narrative: Chapters I-II28:12
• 35. 34 - Second Period: 3rd Narrative: Chapter III20:29
• 36. 35 - Second Period: 3rd Narrative: Chapter IV34:45
• 37. 36 - Second Period: 3rd Narrative: Chapter V21:42
• 38. 37 - Second Period: 3rd Narrative: Chapter VI22:17
• 39. 38 - Second Period: 3rd Narrative: Chapter VII32:28
• 40. 39 - Second Period: 3rd Narrative: Chapter VIII31:40
• 41. 40 - Second Period: 3rd Narrative: Chapter IX36:26
• 42. 41 - Second Period: 3rd Narrative: Chapter X35:10
• 43. 42 - Second Period: 4th Narrative: Chapter I31:05
• 44. 43 - Second Period: 4th Narrative: Chapter II36:16
• 45. 44 - Second Period: 4th Narrative: Chapter III38:26
• 46. 45 - Second Period: 5th Narrative42:41
• 47. 46 - Second Period: 6th Narrative27:28
• 48. 47 - Second Period: 7th-8th Narratives; Epilogue26:00