The Moonstone | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Seringapatam - This is a place in India that was stormed and captured by the British.

Yorkshire - This is the location of Lady Verinder's country house.

Cobb's Hole - This is the fishing village on the Yorkshire coast near the estate of Lady Verinder.

Frizinghall - This is a town near the Verinder estate where the diamond was placed in a bank.

Shivering Sand - This is an area of beach by the Verinder estate where there is quicksand.

London - The Verinder's have a house here and it is also the...
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