Essays about: "the moonstone -brief"

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1. 1. Ezra to the Rescue : Three Facets of The Moonstone

   University essay from Engelska institutionen

   Author : Rikard Prytz; [2012]
   Keywords : Wilkie Collins; The Moonstone ; early detective novel; opium; empire; sacrifice; literary symbolism;

   Abstract : In his preface to The Moonstone , Wilkie Collins declares that his object with the novel has been "to trace the influence of character on circumstances", referring mainly to the conduct of the novel's heroine, Rachel.  In view of the other characters' similar function in this symbol-laden novel, this essay looks closer at the one character with whom Collins brings his extensive tapestry to a close, Ezra Jennings, thereby exposing the deeper significance of this 'detective novel'. READ MORE