The Moonstone
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The Moonstone is an 1868 detective novel by Wilkie Collins, often regarded as one of the first and most influential English-language mystery novels.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Moonstone canonical | 6 |
| The Moonstone (1996 TV serial) | 1 |
| The Moonstone (radio adaptations) | 1 |
| The Moonstone (television adaptations) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4501286 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Moonstone Context triple: [All the Year Round, serialized, The Moonstone]
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A.
The Case of Mrs. Clive
"The Case of Mrs. Clive" is a work associated with 18th-century English actress and comic performer Kitty Clive, reflecting her prominence and controversies in the Georgian theatrical world.
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B.
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear is a Sherlock Holmes detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a mysterious murder linked to a secret society and a dark past in the American coalfields.
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C.
The Mysterious Lady
The Mysterious Lady is a 19th-century painting by the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini, renowned for its elegant portrayal of an enigmatic female figure.
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D.
The World's Greatest Detective
The World's Greatest Detective is a renowned epithet for Batman, highlighting his unparalleled investigative skills, deductive reasoning, and mastery of crime-solving in the DC Comics universe.
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E.
The Daffodil Mystery
The Daffodil Mystery is a classic early 20th-century crime novel by Edgar Wallace featuring a complex murder investigation and twist-filled plot.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Moonstone Target entity description: The Moonstone is an 1868 detective novel by Wilkie Collins, often regarded as one of the first and most influential English-language mystery novels.
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A.
The Case of Mrs. Clive
"The Case of Mrs. Clive" is a work associated with 18th-century English actress and comic performer Kitty Clive, reflecting her prominence and controversies in the Georgian theatrical world.
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B.
The Valley of Fear
The Valley of Fear is a Sherlock Holmes detective novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that centers on a mysterious murder linked to a secret society and a dark past in the American coalfields.
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C.
The Mysterious Lady
The Mysterious Lady is a 19th-century painting by the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini, renowned for its elegant portrayal of an enigmatic female figure.
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D.
The World's Greatest Detective
The World's Greatest Detective is a renowned epithet for Batman, highlighting his unparalleled investigative skills, deductive reasoning, and mastery of crime-solving in the DC Comics universe.
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E.
The Daffodil Mystery
The Daffodil Mystery is a classic early 20th-century crime novel by Edgar Wallace featuring a complex murder investigation and twist-filled plot.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English-language novel
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detective novel ⓘ mystery novel ⓘ |
| author | Wilkie Collins ⓘ |
| centralObject |
Hindu moonstone
ⓘ
yellow diamond ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | praised for innovative detective plot ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | three-volume novel ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serialisation ⓘ |
| firstPublicationMedium | periodical ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | All the Year Round ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Woman in White (in popularity of Collins’s works)
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linked to:
The Woman in White
|
| genre |
detective fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ sensation novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
The Moonstone (radio adaptations)
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linked to:
The Moonstone
The Moonstone (television adaptations) ⓘ
linked to:
The Moonstone
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| hasCharacter |
Drusilla Clack
ⓘ
Ezra Jennings ⓘ Godfrey Ablewhite ⓘ Mr. Bruff ⓘ |
| influenced |
Agatha Christie
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Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novel in letters and testimonies ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
highly influential in the development of mystery fiction
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one of the first English-language detective novels ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Franklin Blake
ⓘ
Gabriel Betteredge ⓘ Rachel Verinder ⓘ Rosanna Spearman ⓘ Sergeant Cuff ⓘ |
| movement | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | multiple narrators ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
emphasis on psychological motives
ⓘ
use of red herrings ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotElement |
country-house mystery
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theft of a sacred diamond ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1868 ⓘ |
| publisher | Tinsley Brothers ⓘ |
| setting | England ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| theme |
British imperialism
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colonialism ⓘ crime and detection ⓘ opium use ⓘ |
| timeToWrite | mid-1860s ⓘ |
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Subject: The Moonstone Description of subject: The Moonstone is an 1868 detective novel by Wilkie Collins, often regarded as one of the first and most influential English-language mystery novels.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Moonstone
linked to: The Moonstone
linked to: The Moonstone
subject linked to:
Wilkie