from Wilkie Collins and The Moonstone
by Betty Kinkade

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins was the first English detective novel. Collins used many of the conventions of detective novels—a gentleman detective, false suspects, plot twists, and an "impossible" robbery from inside a locked room—in The Moonstone. Collins often told his stories through several narrators to allow the reader to experience the events of the story through the eyes of different characters. In his books, Collins portrayed the Indian culture in a sympathetic way, which was unusual for the time period in which he lived. The Moonstone was one of Collins' most financially successful novels and remains popular to this day.


Alain wants to paraphrase information from this passage to include in a research paper. According to MLA guidelines, which of the following should Alain use to paraphrase this material correctly?

A.
Collins used several narrators in the novel, which helps the reader experience the story through the eyes of different characters (The Moonstone).
B.
Wilkie Collins, the author of the first English detective novel, wrote the financially successful and popular novel The Moonstone (Kinkade, 1).
C.
Unlike most writers of the era, Wilkie Collins represented characters from India with compassion in his novels, including The Moonstone (Kinkade 1).
D.
The Moonstone includes a gentleman detective, false suspects, plot twists, and an "impossible" robbery from inside a locked room (1).