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| Author | Robert Louis Stevenson |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Teresa Delgado |
| Language | English |
| Series | Later-day Arabian Nights |
| Genre | Detective fiction short story |
| Publisher | London Magazine |
Publication date | June–October 1878 |
| Publication place | Scotland |
| Media type | Print (Periodical) |
| Followed by | The Rajah's Diamond |
The Suicide Club is an 1878 collection of three 19th century detective fiction short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson that combine to form a single narrative. First published in the London Magazine in 1878, they were collected and republished in the first volume of the New Arabian Nights.
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.
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."[1]
The cycle has been adapted for stage, film and television on a number of occasions.
- ^ Rattiner, Susan L. (2000). "Notes". In Robert Louis Stevenson (ed.). The Suicide Club (Dover Thrift Editions ed.). Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc. pp. vii–iii. ISBN 9780486414164.