Book Report: The Moonstone

I finished listening to the Librivox audio book of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.  I did enjoy the book and thought that the twists and turns of the plot were probably one of the reasons why many modern mystery stories have unexpected twist endings.  

original blog post:  https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-moonstone.html

It is a long listen, 47 chapters.  And the Librivox recording itself is somewhat entertaining as the story was read by a number of readers.  Also in chapter 12 there were in the background the screams of kids at play :)  One of the narrators was a non-native English speaker but it's the story that makes for compelling listening not the voices.

Unfortunately I've forgotten the name of the professor who recommended The Moonstone but thanks to modern technology I finally finished "reading" it.  I found the book a very enjoyable listen with interesting characters, a unique first person structure with multiple narrators (which were well served by the variety of voices) and of course the whodunnit plot (no, I didn't guess the villain).

Finally my first task after finishing the listen was to download the Librivox version of Robinson Crusoe as my next book.  The reason for this will be evident to anyone who is familiar with The Moonstone.

https://archive.org/details/robinson_crusoe_1006_librivox

Best Regards,
Chuck, WB9KZY
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