The Suicide Club (Macabre Tales)

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And I love this quote: Perhaps that is just the reason why I am going to do so. In short, I am a person full of manly accomplishments. While sitting in a cafe that night, they are accosted my a young man who asks if they will eat any of his cream tarts. If they don't, then he will eat them himself. The Prince suspects that there is more to this story than meets the eye and wins the young man's confidence. It seems that the man has come to the end of his rope.

He has set out to squander all but his last 40 pounds--he's saving that to pay his entrance fee to a club for people who want to end it all but who don't have the courage to jump or pull the trigger themselves. He and his aide join the young man and discover the scoundrel behind the club. They will chase him down through two more short stories The remaining two stories "A Lodging for the Night" and "The Sire de Maletroit's Door" are interesting and represent Stevenson's more adventurous and romantic sides than the mysterious.

Of the two, I much prefer the latter. He goes in search of lodging and is welcomed by an elderly man who gives him a bit of a sermon with his dinner. I honestly didn't find the ending to be very satisfying, especially given the overall tone of the story. Rather than face the music, he slips through an unlocked door to avoid a reprimand. He has no idea that the unsecured door was a trap designed to trap the lover of a young woman who lives in the house with her uncle.

Uncle takes a severe view of her dalliance, doesn't believe that the cavalier isn't the man in question, and calmly tells him that if he doesn't agree to wed the girl then he will be killed before morning. Will the cavalier take honor to the extreme--dying rather than forcing an unknown and unwanted husband on a lady whose heart belongs to another? First posted on my blog My Reader's Block.

The Suicide Club And Other Stories

Please request permission before reposting. Esplendido libro, esplendido lenguaje y el principe de Bohemia simplemente maravilloso Florizel. Me encantaron las historias cortas de este libro. Disfruto mucho con el tono que tiene el autor para relatar y la manera en la cual emplea el suspenso.

The Suicide Club by Robert Louis Stevenson

No obstante, es entretenida. Debido a ello, elijo esta historia como mi favorita de este libro. En la de los cuerpos se tira una de una encrujijada y seis cedros, que es espectacular. Era un ping pong del bien, el mal, el gris y todo. La elocuencia del ser para replicarle cada una de las cosas, que nivel, que elegancia. Todo lo que se parezca a Fausto me encanta.

TeamStevenson hide spoiler ] Geralmente em leituras medianas eu dou 3 estrelas, mas neste caso o desapontamento teve seu peso. A great collection of many of Stevenson's darker and more supernatural tales. There are some real standouts here including Jekyll and Hyde which I consider to be Stevenson's masterpiece , but there are quite a few enjoyable but ultimately forgettable stories as well. Strange Case of Dr. Jun 15, Stephen rated it it was ok.

There is not a lot for modern readers to like here. You could watch an episode of Goosebumps for more twists and turns, plotwise. The prose is only notable because it involves a style of language that no one uses today, which makes it appear original and new in its own way, but no one could write this way today unless they were writing historical fiction.

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Sinto que a unica mensagem do livro foi dada apenas no primeiro capitulo de que era: I had read the first story in this collection before - the first of The Suicide Club stories - and enjoyed it. Unfortunately, the other Suicide Club stories were not as good. Aug 01, Chris rated it really liked it. The Suicide Club is an average adventure tale from Stevenson that loses most of its intrigue after the first chapter.

The other stories, A Lodging for a Night and The Sire de Maletroit's Door, were both worth reading; they were a much better demonstration of man's darker side. Marta rated it really liked it Jan 14, Yasmim Ketli rated it really liked it Oct 06, Laura rated it really liked it Apr 04, A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales.

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