The Suicide Club (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- First Published: 1878
- Type of Plot: Suspense
- Time of Work: The late nineteenth century
- Setting: London and Paris
- Principal Characters: Prince Florizel, Colonel Geraldine, The president of the Suicide Club, Dr. Noel
- Genres: Short fiction, Suspense
- Subjects: Inheritance or succession, Honor, Princes or princesses
The Story
Three related stories make up the larger plot of “The Suicide Club,” although each of the separately titled stories might be understood if read alone. The larger plot concerns the work of the hero, Prince Florizel of Bohemia, and his assistant, Colonel Geraldine, in pursuing and finally destroying the unnamed president of the Suicide Club, an organization that provides desperate men with ways to escape unhappy or disastrous lives without the scandal of overt self-destruction.
The first part, “The Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts,” establishes...
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