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Wilkie Collins’ "The Moonstone" as the Staple Story of Detection
2024. urn:nbn:hr:186:230200
Kršul, Nika
University of Rijeka
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Kršul, N. (2024). Wilkie Collins’ "The Moonstone" as the Staple Story of Detection (Undergraduate thesis). Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:230200

Kršul, Nika. "Wilkie Collins’ "The Moonstone" as the Staple Story of Detection." Undergraduate thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:230200

Kršul, Nika. "Wilkie Collins’ "The Moonstone" as the Staple Story of Detection." Undergraduate thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:230200

Kršul, N. (2024). 'Wilkie Collins’ "The Moonstone" as the Staple Story of Detection', Undergraduate thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 21 January 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:230200

Kršul N. Wilkie Collins’ "The Moonstone" as the Staple Story of Detection [Undergraduate thesis]. Rijeka: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2024 [cited 2025 January 21] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:230200

N. Kršul, "Wilkie Collins’ "The Moonstone" as the Staple Story of Detection", Undergraduate thesis, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rijeka, 2024. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:230200

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TitleWilkie Collins’ "The Moonstone" as the Staple Story of Detection
AuthorNika Kršul
MentorSintija Čuljat (mentor)
Committee memberLovorka Gruić-Grmuša (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberNikola Tutek (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Rijeka
Defense date and country2024-09-17, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
This thesis focuses on The Moonstone, a novel by Wilkie Collins, as an early example of the modern detective novel and one of the most important works within the genre. T. S. Eliot, named The Moonstone the first, the longest and the best of modern English detective novels, and considered Collins as the inventor of the detective fiction genre. One of Collins’ contributions also lies in his depiction of the role of the detective. Seargent Cuff is seemingly based on a real-life detective, Jonathan Whicher, who solved the “Constance Kent case” of 1860, a real-life murder case where a sister killed her young half-brother, which is thought to be the case that inspired Collins to write The Moonstone. The employment of multiple narrators, in order to showcase how a single agent is not enough to successfully carry the narrative and solve the mystery is another of Collins’ accomplishments. The Moonstone is in the centre of the motives of the novel, and it keeps the narrative in motion and the reader interested, while simultaneously posing as the critique of British imperialism. The aim of this thesis is to depict the intricacies that make up The Moonstone and make it one of the greatest pieces of detective fiction of all time.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:186:230200
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: Philosophy (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučililišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) filozofije (sveučililišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) filozofije)
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