# The Moonstone — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.

- [The Moonstone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/the-moonstone.md): The chapter introduces the Moonstone, a valuable diamond with a dark history, and sets the stage for its theft and the ensuing investigation.
- [Prologue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/prologue.md): The prologue recounts the storming of Seringapatam in 1799, focusing on the actions of Colonel Herncastle, who murders two Indian guards and steals the sacred Moonstone diamond from the forehead of a Hindu idol, thereby 
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/i.md): The narrator, writing from India, addresses his relatives in England to explain his refusal of friendship to his cousin John Herncastle. He attributes their private conflict to a shared public event: the storming of Seri
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/ii.md): This chapter recounts the legendary history of the Moonstone, a yellow diamond originally set in the forehead of a Hindu moon god. It describes the stone's name, its supposed lunar influences, and its journey through cen
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/iii.md): The narrator recounts the fanciful story of the Moonstone and the assault on Seringapatam. He describes meeting his cousin John Herncastle after the battle, finding him with a bloody dagger and a dying Indian who prophes

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- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [First Period: The Loss of the Diamond (1848)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/first-period-the-loss-of-the-diamond-1848.md)
- [The Story of the Moonstone Begins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Birthday Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [Chapter XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [Second Period: The Discovery of the Truth (1848–1849)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/second-period-the-discovery-of-the-truth-1848-1849.md)
- [First Narrative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/first-narrative.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Second Narrative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/second-narrative.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Third Narrative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/third-narrative.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/i.md)
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Opium Experiment Proposed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Fourth Narrative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/fourth-narrative.md)
- [Fifth Narrative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/fifth-narrative.md)
- [Sixth Narrative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/sixth-narrative.md)
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/i.md)
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/ii.md)
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/iii.md)
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Seventh Narrative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/seventh-narrative.md)
- [Eighth Narrative](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/eighth-narrative.md)
- [Epilogue: The Finding of the Diamond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/epilogue-the-finding-of-the-diamond.md)
- [I: The Statement of Sergeant Cuff’s Man (1849)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/i-the-statement-of-sergeant-cuff-s-man-1849.md)
- [II: The Statement of the Captain (1849)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/ii-the-statement-of-the-captain-1849.md)
- [III: The Statement of Mr. Murthwaite (1850)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/iii-the-statement-of-mr-murthwaite-1850.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_moonstone_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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