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Doyoulikereadingdetectivestories
Canyounamesomefamousdetectivesmentionedinthedetectivestories
Canyounamesomefamousdetectivestorywriters
DoyouknowanythingaboutWilkieCollins
Hewasbornintoanartist’sfamily
Inhislifetime,hewrote25novels,morethan50shortstories,andatleast15plays
HewasaclosefriendofCharlesDickens’
HewasasuperstarofVictorianfiction
Nowheisalsobeinggivencriticalandpopularattention
Hisdetectivestoriesarefamousfortheunexpectedsuspense
HisnovelTheMoonstoneisconsideredasthefirstdetectivestoryinthehistoryofEngland
WilkieCollins1824---1889ReadingReadingScanParagraphOneandanswerfourquestions:1
whereandwhenwasthestoryset
ThestorywassetinEnglandin1848
whendidthestoryreallybegin
Itreallybegan50yeasearlier
whogaveRacheltheMoonstone
Rachel’sunclelefthertheMoonstone4