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end their lives too, and become members. It turns out that during each gathering of the club two members, excluding the president, are selected at random: one who will be killed, and one to do the killing; the president then instructs the person to be killed where to go, and the killer how to do the killing in such a way that it looks like an accident. Florizel and Geraldine are appalled by the first killing since their membership, and even more by the fact that the second time Florizel is selected to be killed. Geraldine saves him and arranges that servants of Florizel capture the club members. Florizel decides to help the club members to become happy, but also to dispatch the president abroad in the custody of Geraldine’s younger brother, to be killed by the latter.
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for free. Intrigued by this idiosyncratic behaviour they invite him to dinner where he reveals the existence of the Suicide Club, for men who want to end their lives, but are not capable of doing that, or do not want to shock their relatives by their suicide. Florizel and Geraldine claim to want to
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by a mysterious cabman who whisks him off to a party. There the host continuously assesses his various guests and asks them to depart until only a handful are left. The host then reveals himself to be Colonel Geraldine and invites Rich to join him on a secret mission. They travel to a discreet
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naĂŻve young Silas Q. Scuddamore is lured away by a beautiful young lady who promises a secret assignation but fails to appear. Returning to his hotel dejected he is shocked to discover a dead man in his bed. Kindly neighbour Dr. Noel arranges for Scuddamore and the body (concealed in a
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in the company of Prince Florizel. Once in London, Florizel discovers the plot and reveals the victim to be Geraldine’s younger brother who has been murdered by the President of the Suicide Club in his escape from custody.
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The trilogy introduces the characters of Prince Florizel of Bohemia and his sidekick Colonel Geraldine. In this cycle they infiltrate a secret society of people intent on losing their lives.
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It has been described as: "The Prince's investigation of the macabre club and its criminally inclined president makes for one of Stevenson’s most exciting and suspenseful tales."
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1948 UK, Pan Books Ltd The Suicide Club And Other Adventures Of Prince Florizel (includes the Rajah's Diamond stories) Paperback Printed by L DANEL Lille, France
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location where Prince Florizel, with the assistance of Dr. Noel, has finally ensnared the President of the Suicide Club. The Prince challenges the President to a
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The third and final story in the cycle is set in the gas-lit streets of Victorian era London where a retired British soldier looks for adventure.
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In the story, former Lieutenant Brackenbury Rich is beckoned into the back of an elegantly appointed
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on June 7, 1956. "The Suicide Club". Adapted only "The Young Man with the Cream Tarts" portion.
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1928, Macmillan Pocket Classics edition, illustrated by H.R..Millar, calf leather hardback.
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1924 UK, Heinemann, vol one of collected works of Stevenson, Tusitala edition. Hardback.
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The second story in the cycle is set in the Latin Quarter of Paris where an American
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The cycle has been adapted for stage, film and television on a number of occasions.
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as President of the Club and with the addition of a female love interest played by
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and Colonel Geraldine roam in search of adventure. They dine incognito in a London
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on November 12, 1947. Adapted only "The Young Man with the Cream Tarts" portion.
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broadcast February 13, 1973, adapted by Philip H. Reisman Jr., and starring
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chose a more traditional setting but abandoned much of the original story.
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used the concept of the suicide club as the basis of his 4-minute short
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Image taken from page 296 of 'The Suicide Club and The Rajah's Diamond.
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Rattiner, Susan L. (2000). "Notes". In Robert Louis Stevenson (ed.).
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successfully adapted the work for the stage, receiving good reviews.
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where they are surprised to be accosted by a young man distributing
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that combine to form a single narrative. First published in the
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directed another German movie version as the fourth segment of
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but the plot bore little resemblance to Stevenson’s stories.
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The three short stories that form this cycle are as follows.
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1878, UK, London Magazine, Pub date Jun-Oct 1878, Periodical
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on January 6, 1947. Adaptation entitled "The Ace of Death".
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adapted elements of the stories but changed the heroes to
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1882, UK, Chatto & Windus, Pub date 1882, Hardback
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The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person
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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club
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1878 short story collection by Robert Louis Stevenson
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adapted elements of the stories for their sequel to
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Index

The Suicide Club (Stevenson)

Dover Thrift Edition
Robert Louis Stevenson
Later-day Arabian Nights
Detective fiction
short story
London Magazine
Periodical
The Rajah's Diamond
detective fiction
short stories
Robert Louis Stevenson
London Magazine
1878
New Arabian Nights
Victorian
London
Bohemia
oyster bar
cream tarts
tourist
Image taken from page 296 of 'The Suicide Club and The Rajah's Diamond.
Paris
Saratoga trunk
London
Hansom
duel
1909
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

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