Unit13 The mystery of the moonstone Wilkie Collins was born into an artist’s family in 1824 and died in 1889. In his lifetime, he wrote 25 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays. Wilkie Collins was a close friend of Charles Dickens’. He was a superstar of Victorian fiction. Now he isalso being given critical and popular attention. His detective stories are famous for the unexpected suspense. His novel The Moonstone is considered as the first detective story in the history of England. Pre-reading: What do you already know about the story The Moonstone?How many main characters in the novel? Who are they?Something about the MoonstoneGet the main idea of each paragraph:Para 1:Para 2:Para 3: Para 4:Para 5:sth about the moonstonesome information about Rachelthe tension and strange things caused by the moonstonesth happened at Rachel’s birthday partyThe Moonstone is missing and Sergeant Cuff’s discoveringPara 6:Para 7:Para 8:Para 9:Para 10:the 1st suspect the 2nd suspect the 3rd suspect the 4th suspectSergeant’s vital cluePost-reading:1. Rachel’s birthday party was not a success. Why not? Several arguments and strange things happened: Godfrey proposed marriage to Rachel and was turned down, Franklin argued with Mr. Candy, and Indian entertainers arrived but gave poor entertainment. The passage also suggests a reason why the party was not successful might be the bad luck of the Moonstone.2. Why did Sergeant Cuff think Franklin might have stolen the diamond?He is enthusiastic to help the investigation even though this makes Rechel very angry. Is he covering up hid guilt?Decide true or false:1.The man who stole the Moonstone left it to his sister’s daughter because he loved her very mu...
