The narration in Wilkie Collins' The Moonstone is not synonymous with the majority of the detective genre. The Moonstone is written in epistolary form and has more than one narrator. The use of multiple narratives in The Moonstone is a modern and innovative approach to detective fiction as a genre. This is very useful for discovering events that only certain characters witnessed. The narrators of The Moonstone write their accounts of events in the same way: using first-person narrative. There are some negative aspects associated with this type of storytelling. Despite Collins' innovative approach to the novel, the multiple narratives are filled with subjectivities and biases. Multiple narratives, despite the inclusion of subjectivities and biases associated with the first-person point of view, are essential to uncovering the events witnessed by the characters in order to solve the crime of The Moonstone. The Moonstone opens with why Collins uses multiple narrators: “We have certain events to relate,” Mr. Franklin continued; “and we have some people involved in these events who are able to recount them. From these simple facts, the idea is that we should all take turns writing the story of the Moonstone – as far back as our own personal experience extends, and no further” (12). Blake's statement puts forward the premises for multiple narrators; where, in each of their stories, they have the opportunity to share the "plain facts...as far as [their] own personal experience lies, and no further" (12), in order to get to the bottom of of the mystery concerning the Moonstone. . Despite the "plain facts" (12) that Franklin urges the narrators to use, the respective narrators, more so Ga...... middle of paper ...... the reader is left wondering why Godfrey acted as he did it. In conclusion, Wilkie Collins' modern and innovative use of multiple narrators in The Moonstone makes for a very exciting, thrilling and suspenseful read. Due to the fact that there is not one omniscient narrator, which would take away the suspense and excitement associated with the detective fiction genre, but multiple narrators, the story unfolds piece by piece and then assembled into the correct order. . This outcome of the stories is important in order to solve the mystery of the missing diamond. Essentially, multiple narratives, despite the consistent subjectivities and biases present therein, constitute a mandatory and important storytelling strategy for the novel to progress and reach its conclusion. Works Cited Collins, Wilkie. The Moonstone. New York: Modern Library, 2001. Print.