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ilkie Collins was a close friend of Charles Dickens’. He was a superstar of Victorian fiction. Now he is also 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. Prereading: What do you already know about the story The Moonstone? How many main characters in the novel? Who are they? Something about the Moonstone Get the main idea of each paragraph: Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: Para 5: sth about the moonstone some information about Rachel the tension and strange things caused by the moonstone sth happened at Rachel’s birthday party The Moonstone is missing and Sergeant Cuff’s discovering Para 6: Para 7: Para 8: Para 9: Para 10: the 1st suspect the 2nd suspect the 3rd suspect the 4th suspect Sergeant’s vital clue Postreading: 1. Rachel’s birthday party was not a success. Why not? Several arguments and strange things happened