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Trama e riassunto di Il gioiello delle sette stelle
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A barrister is summoned at three in the morning to a house of mummies where a father lies bleeding and silent.
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Il gioiello delle sette stelle in breve
Riassunto: 7 min di lettura
- Tempo di lettura
- Circa 5 h 45 min4 h 30 min fast, 6 h 50 min slow
- Durata
- 81.600 parole
- Livello nella biblioteca
- Medio longer sentences, everyday words
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1903by Bram Stoker
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Il gioiello delle sette stelle in short
The Jewel of Seven Stars begins with Ross dreaming of Margaret and ends with their wedding. Between them, a barrister is drawn into a house where an attack on an Egyptologist cannot be explained. A cat's claws fit the wounds, and lost lamps reappear in a drawer.
What Il gioiello delle sette stelle is about
What would you do if a groom hammered on your door at three in the morning with a note begging you to come at once? That is how The Jewel of Seven Stars begins for Malcolm Ross, a London barrister who dreams of a girl he met at a river picnic. Her father lies unconscious in a house crammed with Egyptian mummies.
Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, published this novel in 1903. It joins a detective puzzle, a love story and a ghost story rooted in ancient Egypt. You stand guard in sickrooms, chase stolen lamps, and watch a scholar prepare an experiment that could call the dead back to life.
A chi è rivolto. Readers who love gothic atmosphere, locked-room puzzles and Egyptian tombs will find all three here, with a love story and a bold experiment.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A midnight summons draws Ross into the house
The story opens with a dream. Ross sees himself in a boat beneath willow branches, listening to a young woman describe how lonely her new life is. The dream breaks into a ceaseless knocking at his door. A groom stands outside with a letter and a carriage waiting.
The note is from Margaret Trelawny. She fears for her injured father, Abel Trelawny. Ross rides to the house in Kensington Palace Gardens, with hope and fear fighting inside him, because she has chosen him above everyone else.
Margaret meets him in the hall, pale but commanding. She found her father on the floor before his great safe, his arm torn near the wrist. Around that wrist sits a gold bangle on triple steel links, with a tiny key fixed to it. Nobody can say why a man would wear such a thing.
A simple call for help opens a case that grows stranger with every room.
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Strict orders, a cat's claws and the mummy room
In a drawer, Sergeant Daw finds a sealed letter from Abel Trelawny to his daughter.
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The second night brings a worse attack
On the second night Ross buys a respirator, because the Egyptian smell has made him dreamy and heavy.
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Experts, servants and suspicion close in on Margaret
A third night passes with more alarm.
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The traveller's stolen lamps appear in a drawer
A tanned, wiry scholar named Eugene Corbeck pushes his way to the front door, angry at being turned away for hours.
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A Dutch traveller's book leads to the Queen's tomb
Corbeck gives Ross an old Dutch book by Nicholas van Huyn, who explored Egypt in the seventeenth century.
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Trelawny wakes and a daring experiment is planned
Trelawny awakes suddenly, speaking in a firm voice.
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Ancient knowledge pulls against modern science
The book keeps both worlds in sight.
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Love, trust and a divided Margaret
At its heart the novel is a love story under strain.
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A barrister's voice, repeated sevens and a rising pulse
Ross tells the story himself, and his legal training shapes the telling.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Malcolm Ross A London barrister and narrator who is drawn into the Trelawny house and wants to protect Margaret and win her trust.
- Margaret Trelawny The proud, clever daughter of Abel Trelawny, who longs to know her father and stands by him in every danger.
- Abel Trelawny A wealthy Egyptologist who has spent twenty years planning an experiment based on a queen's tomb.
- Eugene Corbeck A learned traveler and loyal friend of Trelawny, who guards his secrets and searches tombs for lamps.
- Doctor Winchester A young physician with a sharp mind who is determined to find a scientific cause for the strange attacks.
- Sergeant Daw A careful Scotland Yard detective who follows the facts even when they seem to point to Margaret.
- Nurse Kennedy A sturdy, practical nurse who is struck into a rigid trance while keeping watch beside the patient.
- Queen Tera An ancient Egyptian queen skilled in magic, whose mummy hopes to rise again beneath the stars of the north.
How it ends (spoiler)
The Great Experiment succeeds in part. The coffer glows, opens, and pours out smoke that overcomes the three men. When the air clears, Queen Tera's mummy is gone, leaving only fine dust, her hair ornament and the ruby. The cat's remains show similar dust. Ross and Margaret marry that autumn, and she wears the Queen's robe, girdle and jewel. Margaret tells Ross not to grieve, since the Queen may have found the joy she sought.
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Domande su Il gioiello delle sette stelle
What is The Jewel of Seven Stars about?
A London barrister is called to the home of an Egyptologist who lies in an unexplained trance after a bloody attack. As the watchers dig into his collection of mummies, they uncover the story of an ancient queen who wanted to live again.
Who is Queen Tera in The Jewel of Seven Stars?
Queen Tera is an ancient Egyptian ruler whose mummy Trelawny took from a tomb in the Valley of the Sorcerer. She was skilled in magic and planned her own resurrection beneath the stars of the Plough.
What does the Jewel of Seven Stars mean?
It is a carved ruby in the shape of a scarab, showing seven stars with seven points each, arranged like the Plough. It carries two words of power and plays a central part in the queen's plan.
When was The Jewel of Seven Stars written and is it a true story?
Bram Stoker published it in 1903. It is a work of fiction, though it draws on the real interest of his time in Egyptology, tombs, mummies and the new science of rays and electricity.
Is The Jewel of Seven Stars easy to read?
Its first-person narrator speaks plainly, and each chapter moves between short scenes of suspense and clear explanations. Letters, an old travel account and spoken tales break up the story and develop the mystery.
Cita questa edizione
Stoker, Bram. The Jewel of Seven Stars. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-jewel-of-seven-stars.
Stoker, B. (2026). The jewel of seven stars. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-jewel-of-seven-stars (Original work published 1903)
Stoker, Bram. The Jewel of Seven Stars. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-jewel-of-seven-stars.
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note = {First published 1903}
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