The Moonstone: Context & Writers Techniques (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Wilkie Collins birth year
Wilkie Collins birth year
1824
Magazine publishing Collins's novels
Magazine publishing Collins's novels
All the Year Round
Year The Moonstone was serialised
Year The Moonstone was serialised
1868
Two genres The Moonstone belongs to
Two genres The Moonstone belongs to
Sensation fiction & detective fiction
Historical event referenced in novel
Historical event referenced in novel
1799 Siege of Seringapatam
Narrative structure of The Moonstone
Narrative structure of The Moonstone
Multiple first-person narrators
Format of The Moonstone (letters/journals)
Format of The Moonstone (letters/journals)
Epistolary
The Moonstone diamond symbolises
The Moonstone diamond symbolises
Greed, conflict, & cultural clash
Opium symbolises in the novel
Opium symbolises in the novel
Darker undercurrents of Victorian society & addiction
Character representing morality's 'better edge'
Character representing morality's 'better edge'
Gabriel Betteredge