B. J. Harrison Reads The Moonstone

Written by Wilkie Collins

Narrated by B. J. Harrison

“The Moonstone” by Wilkie Collins is one of the forefathers of detective fiction, cementing the foundations of the genre. At the centre of it lays the theft of a diamond, dating in origin from a religious Indian shrine, which prompts detective Sergeant Cuff to take up the case. It is an absolute page-turner of a story and goes through the accounts of the different characters, winding and meandering from fact to fiction and vice versa. A tale of romance, theft, murder, and mystery, “The Moonstone” is a central text for the genre, recommended to all readers of fiction.B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere.Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English novelist, one of the most popular and well paid during of his generation. A close friend of Charles Dickens, Collins achieved his fame mostly through his novel “The Woman in White” which many consider the first piece of British detective fiction. His other popular works include “The Moonstone” and “Armadale”.

• Language: English
• Publisher: SAGA Egmont
• Release date: Aug 11, 2020
• ISBN: 9788726575828

Wilkie Collins

Wilkie Collins (January 8, 1824-September 23, 1889) was the author of thirty novels, more than sixty short stories, fourteen plays (including an adaptation of The Moonstone), and more than one hundred nonfiction pieces. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name.

Reviews for B. J. Harrison Reads The Moonstone

[Sonalee Majumdar · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Racist AF, which is to say par for the course for the British. It is fascinating psychologically, though almost too ironic to be true.

A (very long) investigation of a purported “crime,” bookended incidentally by the actual colossal CRIME (TM) of imperialism — the rape, pillage, genocide of an entire subcontinent. The whole book is a sad inconsequential romp among the thieves, with the embarrassing backdrop of the grotesqueries of the British *ahem* caste system.

FFS, YOU (all the characters and vast majority of readers) ARE THE BADDIES! You cannot make this stuff up.