Musta helmi by Victorien Sardou
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"Musta helmi" by Victorien Sardou is a novel written in the mid-19th century. Set in Amsterdam, it blends romance and crime as Balthazar Van der Lys, eager to prove his long-standing love to the heiress Suzanne Van Miellis with a cherished medallion, is plunged into crisis when his home is burgled and suspicion falls on Christiane, the gentle foster daughter he and his late mother raised. The opening of this novel follows
Balthazar and his scholarly friend Cornelius Pamp through a violent storm back to Balthazar’s house, where a convivial evening turns to alarm: the study has been ransacked, cash and jewels are gone, and—most crucially—the medallion Balthazar meant to give Suzanne is missing. A keen but self-satisfied police commissary, Tricamp, reconstructs the break-in via a hidden wall opening and swiftly theorizes the thief is a small, agile young woman familiar with the house. Suspicion narrows to Christiane, who returns from tending the elderly servant Gudule, is confronted, faints, and is further compromised when a black pearl from the medallion is found in her room. While Gudule’s testimony places Christiane mostly in the house and shows how rattled she was by the storm, the scene ends with Christiane protesting her innocence as Balthazar and Cornelius—torn between trust and mounting “evidence”—struggle to believe her. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Simojoki, Aukusti, 1882-1959 |
| Uniform Title | La perle noir. Finnish |
| Title | Musta helmi |
| Original Publication | Hämeenlinna: Arvi A. Karisto Oy, 1918. |
| Series Title | "Kariston 75 pennin romaaneja" 11. |
| Credits | Tuula Temonen |
| Language | Finnish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into Finnish |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76923 |
| Release Date | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2354 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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