The World's Greatest Novels
The Moonstone
Part 3 of 4
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The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins, is a landmark mystery novel centered on a valuable diamond whose disappearance draws a household into suspicion and investigation. This installment presents part three of a four-part radio adaptation, continuing the story through the voices and scenes of a dramatic ensemble.
The serial format lets the novel’s layered account unfold in stages, with narration and dialogue carrying the listener through its shifting perspectives, clues, and revelations. The focus is on the unfolding mystery and the characters caught up in the diamond’s fate.
With its Victorian setting and carefully built suspense, The Moonstone offers the pleasures of a classic detective story in a compact radio performance: an intriguing puzzle, an atmosphere of uncertainty, and a story designed to keep its secrets in play.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.