The Moonstone
Although it is the stolen treasure at the center of the novel, the Moonstone is notable less because everyone agrees why it must be retrieved than because various characters attach various kinds of value to…
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Robinson Crusoe
A landmark, wildly popular 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe that many consider the first true English novel, Robinson Crusoe is Gabriel Betteredge’s favorite novel—and appears to be the only thing he has ever read…
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The Shivering Sand
A tumultuous, sinister, gurgling stretch of quicksand along the coast near the Verinder family’s Yorkshire estate, the Shivering Sand is connected from the start with the Moonstone’s alleged curse, as well as with the…
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