O Clube dos Suicidas

Prince Florizel #1

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Eliana Sabino (Translator)

Um clube de candidatos ao suicídio que não têm coragem de realizar por si próprios o seu intento. Este é o tema dessa novela, uma extravagante história na qual o autor faz um minucioso levantamento dos costumes do século passado, conduzindo a ação com admirável desenvoltura e criando personagens inesquecíveis.

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Short Stories, Mystery, Adventure, 19th Century, Horror

163 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 1878

About the author

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, and travel writer, and a leading representative of English literature. He was greatly admired by many authors, including Jorge Luis Borges, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling and Vladimir Nabokov.

Most modernist writers dismissed him, however, because he was popular and did not write within their narrow definition of literature. It is only recently that critics have begun to look beyond Stevenson's popularity and allow him a place in the Western canon.

Reviews

[Ria · Rating 2 out of 5]

*the suicide part is what made me wanna get it, don't question my mental stability👍*

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was surprisingly lame, coming from no less a literary giant than Robert Louis Stevenson, who wrote these stories as if they were intended for a second-rate boy's adventure magazine. The concept of a club for people who want to committ suicide is solid and reminiscient of something Hitchcock might have come up with, but Stevenson unfortunately does very little with it. The idea itself is ripe with potential moral conundrums and dramatic possibility, but Setevenson glazes over all of that, delivering instead a typical good guy vs. bad guy story every bit as one-dimensional as a battle between Dudley Do-right and Snidely Whiplash. The book is composed of three short stories, the second and third of which really have no good reason to exist. The characters are stiff and self-congratulatory, and even the good guys all go out of their way to find trouble, never even knowing what they're getting themselves into. The hero of the story is a prince who makes all kinds of bad decisions and is saved by his sidekick, though he remains the hero throughout due to his gentlemanly demeanor. I didn't know Stevenson was even capable of such shallow, unrealistic storytelling.

[Louie the Mustache Matos · Rating 4 out of 5]

I must number in the few who enjoyed this short, dark book. This is not often numbered with Stevenson's top classic work. For me, however, this is a definite classic as I define one. My three criteria for a classic are: longevity (more than 50 years old), exceptional (in one subjective way), and the creation of a new paradigm. The short story collection was published in 1878 more than 140 years ago. The collection has been reprinted and retold by disparate media over 30 times, clearly an ordinary story would not be repeated so many times and would not have created its own paradigm of a suicide club. That must have been scandalous for the time period. This book, thematically, feels new. The book tells the story of a Prince who has an assistant that travels with him to dangerous places in London. Then in the second story, the prince helps someone get rid of a dead body. The third is the final come-uppance for an assassin. I find the thought of a Suicide Club, terrifying, so for me this book is on a par with "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Terrific, horrific, and really good. You might find these on YouTube audiobooks.

[Wreade1872 · Rating 3 out of 5]

A trilogy of short stories based around the suicide club. The club is only really explored in the first tale and it a pretty interesting idea. One of those ideas you might see used in an episode of the Twilight Zone, Black Mirror etc.

It doesn't really get examined as much as i would of liked. The other two stories come across as more detective style fiction. The writing is good throughout but the perspectives from which the stories are told are both a good and bad thing.

Th problem is that if your paying attention then you can tell whats going on which removes a lot of the mystery on the other hand if you weren't paying attention then things are REALLY confusing.
Overall an interesting set but not as good as i was hoping given the initial setup.

[Classic reverie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been wanting to read Robert Louis Stevenson for sometime and I decided on The Suicide Club first because hearing it adapted on OTR (old time radio) piqued my interest and the idea of a club is astounding especially in the the 19th century. I found the basic idea of men going to the club and the luck of being killed and by whose hand being a matter of chance but Stevenson goes beyond and tells the tales of a man determined to bring the proprietor to justice, so much more adventure but there is a lot left out for the reader's speculation. Looking forward to more of his stories in the future. I did not read this edition but a Delphi collection which had but one typo mistake.

Radio version below.
https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com...

Another OTR version _- Escape- November 12, 1947.
https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com...

[Oziel Bispo · Rating 5 out of 5]

O clube dos suicidas de Robert Louis Stevenson é uma trilogia de contos onde nos é apresentado o rico e correto Príncipe Florizel e seu ajudante , Coronel Geraldine,  se infiltrando em uma sociedade secreta, onde pessoas desanimadas com a vida, endividadas, com problemas sentimentais, tem a possibilidade de por meio de um jogo de cartas cometer suicídio , fazendo parecer que as mortes foram apenas acidentes, tudo isso sob cuidado do terrível presidente do clube dos suicidas. A dupla Florizel e Geraldine , fará de tudo, com a ajuda de outros, para prender esse presidente maligno que cobra quarenta libras de quem quiser entrar no clube, resumindo as pessoas têm que pagar para morrer.

São três contos interligados, contados de forma deliciosa, com um humor negro impecável, com vários personagens carismáticos que nos prendem até o fim.

Adorei o livro.. recomendo a todos.

[Esma T · Rating 3 out of 5]

Birbiriyle bağlantılı ama birbirinden farklı üç hikayeden oluşan İntihar Kulübü, okuması keyif veren kitaplardan. İntihar Kulübü fikri ve karakterler kitabın çok hoş bir atmosfere sahip olmasına neden olmuş, beğenerek okuduğum bir kitap oldu.
3.5/5

[Gerasimos Reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

Exactly a decade before Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, Robert Louis Stevenson (best known for Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) created two characters that could well have been Sherlock and Watson. This trilogy of short stories (that all form a single narrative) is so much like Sherlock Holmes that at times I forgot I was reading about different characters. It's an enjoyable little read and as my first foray into Stevenson I enjoyed it a lot. I do wish though that he would have done more with the concept of the suicide club, which was by far the most interesting aspect of the story. I would definitely recommend it to both Stevenson fans and Sherlock Holmes fans. It really does feel like a bonus Sherlock story.

[Armin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Launige Krimi-Groteske um einen allzu übermütigen böhmischen Fürsten, der sich zum Spaß mit seinem Adjutanten zu einem Spielklub Lebensmüder keilen lässt, bei denen jeden Abend der Todeskandidat (Pik-As) und der Vollstrecker (Kreuz-As) ausgespielt werden.
Am zweiten Abend zieht Fürst Florisel die fatale Karte. Im Pariser Intermezzo wird ein Unschuldiger reingelegt, bzw. mit der Leiche des gescheiterten Liquidators des Selbstmörderklubs beschwert, die in einem riesigen Schrankkoffer als Diplomatengepäck den Rückweg über den Kanal antritt. Im Finale gibt es ein Duell zwischen dem Chef des Selbstmöderklubs und dem Rächer des Opfers des Mittelteils, ein als Sekundant ausgewählter Held eines Indienfeldzugs fungiert als Erzählperspektive.
Den ersten beiden Erzählungen hätte ich, trotz gewisser Oberflächlichkeiten vier Sterne gegeben, weil das Erzähltempo stimmt und gewisse historische Verdienste nicht zu leugnen sind. Das Finale wirkt aber ziemlich hingehudelt und lässt mich absolut unbefriedigt.
Kein Wunder, dass ich meine Erstlektüre vollkommen verdrängt hatte.

[Melda · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Hayatta, elde etmek kadar insanın gözünü açan başka bir şey var mı?"

[İlkim · Rating 3 out of 5]

İlk öykü ilginçti, diğer ikisinden beklediğimi alamadım her ne kadar birbiriyle alakalı olsa da.

[شريف سالم · Rating 4 out of 5]

قصة خفيفة وفكرة مخيفة واحداث طريفة ونهاية لطيفة

[Yousra · Rating 5 out of 5]

كنت بحاجة إلى كتاب خفيف فكان هذا الكتاب اللطيف جدا ... أحب الكلاسيكيات أحب تلك السذاجة المحببة والنبل البالغ والخيال العجيب والنهايات السعيدة

متوالية قصصية من ثلاثة قصص، تدور أحداثها جميعا حول نادي الانتحار ورئيسه المجرم ... ممارسات النادي مخيفة ورئيس النادي رجل داهية، نتعرف عليه في أول قصة ونرى محاولات تحقيق العدالة معه في القصتين التالييتين بعد إفلاته من العدالة مرة تلو الأخرى

قرأت لستيفنسون روايته دكتور جيكل ومستر هايد في ترجمتين مختلفتين، وحاولت مرارا قراءة المخطوف، حاولت معها منذ كنت في الرابعة عشرة أو الخامسة عشرة من العمر ... حاولت معها بالإنجليزية وحاولت مع نسخ مختلفة من دور نشر مختلفة لكن لم أستطع أبدا الدخول في جوها وإكمال قرائتها، لذا أنا سعيدة بهذا الكتاب الذي سمح لي بالاقتراب من عالم ستيفنسون من جديد

وفي مقدمة الكتاب بقلم رنيم العامري - إحدى مترجمتي الكتاب - نعلم الظروف والدوافع التي أدت بستيفنسون للكتابة في هذا الموضوع أي الانتحار، ويبدو أن انجلترا قد مرت بفترة شديدة الظلام جعلت بعض الكتابات فيها تأتي غريبة محملة بالأفكار الانتحارية والسودواوية، قرأت كلاما مماثلا لهذا الكلام في مقدمة أحد كتب آرثر كونان دويل لذا فلم أستغرب ... كذلك كانت المقدمة شارحة لتأثر ستيفنسون بقصص ألف ليلة وليلة وانبهاره واعجابه بها وبفكرة الراو العربي والإثارة والتشويق والخيال الشديد وتعلق الجمهور ببطل واحد لأكثر من حكاية أو لحكاية مجزأة

استمتعت بالكتاب كثيرا وأدى الغرض منه تماما

[Maia · Rating 3 out of 5]

What can I say, the Prince Florizel of Bohemia and Colonel Geraldine are the male duo I didn't know I needed or was going to love throughout the entire book, but I did.
The foundation of the suicide's club seems good, it was interesting to me at all times, and I simply have to point out that if Stevenson published more books about these two majestic men I would be eternally happy... I've said it before and I'll say it again: I need a novel of 800 pages about the adventures of Florizel and Geraldine, it would be my favorite book of all times.

On the other hand, the book includes a short story by Stevenson as well called "The Body Snatcher" and I think if it had more background it would have been good, but it didn't entertain me at all, which is a shame because it showed potential🙌🏻

[Metin Yılmaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

İlk öykü tadında ilerlemese de kitabın bütünü, okunası bir hikaye. Çeviri ile mi alakalı yoksa kitaptan mı kaynaklı bilmiyorum, biraz tutuk ilerleme var sanki. Belki de yazardan beklentimin çok yüksek olmasından kaynaklıdır. Çünkü Define Adası ve Dr. Jekyll ve Mr Hyde gibi eserlerden sonra ister istemez beklenti yükseliyor.

[Nadia · Rating 3 out of 5]

محاكاة لجو ألف ليلة و ليلة في حكاياتها متناسلة.

[Leothefox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is it a novel? Is it three stories? No, it's The Suicide Club! Catch it!

Prince Florizel of Behemia and Colonel Geraldine are hanging out in London when they encounter a young man with a load of tarts who wants to kill himself. They pretend they want to do the same and he introduces them to The Suicide Club. The strange menace of the club is that those who joined are too chicken to go through with it, so they draw cards each night to determine who will die and which one of them will kill them.

Our prince protagonist is incensed by the notion of the club and the way the nefarious “president” profits from misery and murder, so he determines find a way to put a stop to it all and ensure that none of the members shot web and became an hero. This task winds up complicated and our heroes pursue the president to Paris and back while his embarks on other murders.

The stories, “Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts”, “Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk”, and “The Adventure of the Hansom Cab”, each lead in with a different central character, introducing a peril which ends up leading back to our main plot. The result is not jarring and it's certainly never boring.

Florizel and Geraldine have a lot of the old world in them, immediately evidenced by the royal status and further fleshed by the concepts of debts of honor and such. They're on the side of right, and it seems they were born to it.

An odd thing about my personal experience with this story is that I'd been wanting to read it for over twenty years since I heard a radio adaptation of it when I was in high school (I'm not sure which version it was, there have been several). The radio drama actually compressed the events and included a different ending.

There are some lovely bits to this story, a good supply of intrigue, and a lovestruck American in Paris coming back to his room to find a dead body. Check it out.

[T. Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story's premise sounds better than actually reading it. The possibilities that the story's premise should explore are not so much as touched. The characters are beforehand decidedly good or evil no matter the events of the story, which I think pulls the story down more than it helps. Each of the short stories in this trilogy stands on it's own but when strung together feels more like a plot of convenience than the telling of a story- but I suppose that is the purpose of Victorian novels... Not the best story I've ever read :/

[Brooklyn Tayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well done me for finishing a classic in one sitting, even if it was a short story collection. But in all earnest; this was my first Stevenson book; it definitely won't be my last. A highly intriguing and enjoyable story; though I was slightly disturbed yet intrigued by it in places. Nevertheless, I look forward to reading this author once more in the future.

[Karim Mattar · Rating 4 out of 5]

الفكرة عبقرية 👌🏼
جاري تجهيز الريڤيو 😁

[AuralilaBooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Si me gustó, no entiendo la calificación tan baja😞

[Burçak Kılıç Sultanoğlu · Rating 2 out of 5]

İlk hikaye güzeldi. Hayattan bir şekilde bıkmış kişiler özel bir kulübe katılır. Kumar oynayıp maça ası kalan o gün ölecek kişi olarak seçilir. Hikaye böyle devam etse 5 yıldız verirdim. Ama sonraki bağlantılı iki hikaye beni boğdu. Hiç de güzel değildi.

[Aliaa Mohamed · Rating 3 out of 5]

رواية بنكهة شيرلوك هولمز، أعجبتني كثيرًا فكرة وجود نادي للراغبين في الموت عن طريق الانتحار، بأيادي غيرهم، ولكن كنت أتمنى أن يسير بأكمله على هذا النهج، دون تغيير الأفكار في القصتين الأخريتين، ولكن المجمل جيد.

[Jason Koivu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rich bored dudes join a club to off themselves.

[Eloy Nogueira · Rating 3 out of 5]

Creo que esta antología podría haber dado para mucho más. El primer relato es el mejor, me gustó mucho, los otros dos son consecuencia de lo que pasó en el primero. Son entretenidos y ya está.

[Perihan · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Dünya üzerinde hiçbir şey söz verilmiş bir itaat kadar edilgen ya da söz veren kişinin kendini mahkûm ettiği şartlar kadar baskıcı olamazdı."

Kitabın arka kapağında:
"Hayattan gerçekten bıktıysanız sizi bu gece bir buluşmaya götüreceğim."
yazıyordu. Bu söz gerçekten ilgi çekiciydi kitabı satın almak için;)

Kitabın konusu ise kısaca şöyle:
Prens Florizel ve Albay Geraldine farklı deneyimler yaşamak için kılık değiştirmeye, halkın içine karışarak, onların hikayelerini öğrenmeye karar verirler.
Bir gün ilginç bir adamla karşılaşırlar.Bu adam onları gizemli bir kulübün binasına götürür. Bu kulübün üyeleri hayattan ve yaşadıklarından usanmış, ölmeyi istemektedirler. Kulübün kuruluş amacı ise onların bu dileklerini gerçekleştirmektir.
Bunun için de bir kart oyunu oynarlar ve o gece kimin öleceği , kimin ise, o ölmek isteyen kişiyi öldüreceği saptanmaktadır.

Sonra bu oyunda değişik maceralarda kendilerini buluverirler karakterler.

Kitabı okudum ama beklentimin altında çıktı biraz. Bilemiyorum kitabı okurken, hayal ettiğim çok heyecanlı bir yolculukta bulamadım kendimi sanırım.

[Maria Grey · Rating 2 out of 5]

وعد أكثر من ما أعطى

مجموعة قصصية يفترض أنها جزء من كتاب لنفس الكاتب بعنوان "الليالي العربية الجديدة " ويتبع فيها الكاتب أسلوب ألف ليلة وليلة من حيث ترابط القصص ببعضها ..
مقدمة الترجمة بالغت في مديح وتقدير القصص الثلاث .. قد تكون القصص ضمن المجلد الأصلي جديرة بالتقدير لكن القصص الثلاثة بمفردها كانت مُحبِطة، محاولة محزنة لتقليد ألف ليلة بأسلوب حداثي في لندن .. حسيت القصص جافة وتفتقر للعنصر الإبداع والسحر ..
العنوان مثير للاهتمام أكثر من الكتاب للأسف

فيه أفكار جميلة وعميقة لكن للأسف المؤلف يفتحها ويتركها ويكمل في نقطة ثانية لأنه ما فيه مجال للإسهاب كقصة قصيرة ..

" فقد اخترع البشر القطارات. وبعد أن نجحت القطارات في إبعادنا عن أصدقائنا، كان يجب اختراع التلغراف، لكي نتمكن من التواصل بسرعة أكبر من المسافات البعيدة. وحتى في الفنادق صارت لدينا مصاعد لتجنيبنا صعود مئات الدرجات على السلالم. ونحن نعلم أن هذه الحياة مسرح نلعب عليه دور الحمقى طالما أن الدور يسلّينا "

[Mustafa Özgür · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kitabı büyük bir merakla okudum; binbir gece masallarında tebdili kıyafet gezen halife Harun Reşid ve veziri Cafer el Belmeki'nin maceralarına benzer ve birbiri ile bağlantılı üç hikaye var kitapta. Harun Reşid yerine Bohemya Prensi Florizel, veziri yerine ise Albay Geraldine var.

Binbir Gece masallarından önce okusaydım, daha çok etkilenirdim diye düşünüyorum. Üç hikayenin de merkezinde yer alan ana hikaye, intihar kulubü, bana çok orjinal geldi. Jack London'ın Suikast Bürosu kitabını da yakın bir zamanda okumuş olmam, güzel ve ilginç bir tesadüf oldu benim için.

Kitap okunmaya değer bir kitap.
Herkese iyi okumalar

[Bob · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is made up of three stories linked together by the main characters. The titles of the three stories are "Story of the Young Man with the Cream Tarts," "Story of the Physician and the Saratoga Trunk," and "The Adventure of the Hansom Cab" These titles alone are to cool enough to read the story. This is a great story idea about a Suicide Club. Members pay their dues in order to commit suicide. The method used I found to be interesting, even if In some ways I picked apart the plot, this is a good story and worth the time.

[Maya🐛 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This would’ve been so much better if they died at the end… *sigh*