《世界文学经典读本：月亮宝石（英文版）》围绕着印度的一颗镶嵌于月亮神额上的神秘宝石展开：几百年来，这颗受诅咒的宝石由三个婆罗门看护着，任何拿走宝石的人必将遭遇祸害；一位军官将宝石掠至英国，导致多人丧生，从而使作品广泛地反映了英国的社会现实，见出世路的艰辛与人性的险恶。
柯林斯是与狄更斯同时代的大作家，艺术手法娴熟，书中悬疑、跟踪、自杀、谋杀等神秘事件层见叠出，惊魂摄魄，多年来此书一直是青少年十分喜爱的英语读物。
PROLOGUE
FIRST PERIOD
CHAPTER Ⅰ
CHAPTER Ⅱ
CHAPTER Ⅲ
CHAPTER Ⅳ
CHAPTER Ⅴ
CHAPTER Ⅵ
CHAPTER Ⅶ
CHAPTER Ⅷ
CHAPTER Ⅸ
CHAPTER Ⅹ
CHAPTER Ⅺ
CHAPTER Ⅻ
CHAPTER XⅢ
CHAPTER XⅣ
CHAPTER XⅤ
CHAPTER XⅥ
CHAPTER XⅦ
CHAYTER xⅧ
CHAPTER XⅨ
CHAPTER XⅩ
CHAPTER XⅪ
CHAPTER XⅫ
CHAPTER XXⅢ
SECOND PERIOD
FIRST NARRATIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ
CHAPTER Ⅱ
CHAPTER Ⅲ
CHAPTER Ⅳ
CHAPTER Ⅴ
CHAPTER Ⅵ
CHAPTER Ⅶ
CHAPTER Ⅷ
SECOND NARRATIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ
CHAPTER Ⅱ
CHAPTER Ⅲ
THIRD NARRATIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ
CHAPTER Ⅱ
CHAPTER Ⅲ
CHAPTER Ⅳ
CHAPTER Ⅴ
CHAPTER Ⅵ
CHAPTER Ⅶ
CHAPTER Ⅷ
CHAPTER Ⅸ
CHAPTER Ⅹ
FOURTH NARRATIVE
FIFTH NARRATIVE
SIXTH NARRATIVE
SEVENTH NARRATIVE
EIGHTH NARRATIVE
EPILOGUE
WILLIAM WILKIE COLLINS （1824-1889）， was an English novelist，playwright， and author of shortstories. He was hugely popularduring the Victorian era andwrote 30 novels， more than 60short stories， I4 plays， and overioo non-fiction pieces. His best-known works are The Woman inWhite， The Moonstone，Armadale and No Name.
Collins predicted the conceptof the Cold War nuclear era， "Ibegin to believe in only onecivilizing influence- thediscovery one of these days of adestructive agent so terrible thatWar shall mean aruuhilation andmen's fears will force them tokeep the peace."
