The novel opens with Carl Foster, a recently qualified doctor, coming to London to try and make his fortune. He meets a famous tenor, Signor Alresca, who suffers a dreadful injury backstage and Foster tends to him. He thus meets the lead soprano, Rosetta Rosa, and falls hopelessly in love with her.
Alresca takes Foster under his wing and they travel to Alresca's home in Bruges. It is clear to Foster that Alresca has some strange obsession. Foster also notices a stranger who seems to be dogging his footsteps.
Things take an even more sinister turn when Alresca inexplicably dies. . .
(Summary by Simon Evers)
Alresca takes Foster under his wing and they travel to Alresca's home in Bruges. It is clear to Foster that Alresca has some strange obsession. Foster also notices a stranger who seems to be dogging his footsteps.
Things take an even more sinister turn when Alresca inexplicably dies. . .
(Summary by Simon Evers)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Chapter 1 - My Splendid Cousin
15:33 - Chapter 2
Chapter 2 - At the Opera
24:34 - Chapter 3
Chapter 3 - The Cry of Alresca
17:29 - Chapter 4
Chapter 4 - Rosa's Summons
18:33 - Chapter 5
Chapter 5 - The Dagger and the Man
33:07 - Chapter 6
Chapter 6 - Alresca's Fate
28:56 - Chapter 7
Chapter 7 - The Vigil by the Bier
14:06 - Chapter 8
Chapter 8 - The Message
17:42 - Chapter 9
Chapter 9 - The Train
24:54 - Chapter 10
Chapter 10 - The Steamer
26:27 - Chapter 11
Chapter 11 - A Chat with Rosa
15:22 - Chapter 12
Chapter 12 - Egg-and-milk
14:47 - Chapter 13
Chapter 13 - The Portrait
14:46 - Chapter 14
Chapter 14 - The Villa
12:59 - Chapter 15
Chapter 15 - The Sheath of the Dagger
12:29 - Chapter 16
Chapter 16 - The Thing in the Chair
15:24 - Chapter 17
Chapter 17 - The Menace
16:35 - Chapter 18
Chapter 18 - The Struggle
16:00 - Chapter 19
Chapter 19 - The Intercession
18:51