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Tom Ripley
Thomas "Tom" Ripley is a fictional character in a series of crime novels by American novelist Patricia Highsmith, as well as several film adaptations. The five novels in which he appears—''The Talented Mr. Ripley'', ''Ripley Under Ground'', ''Ripley's Game'', ''The Boy Who Followed Ripley'', and ''Ripley Under Water'', published between 1955 and 1991—are referred to collectively as the ''Ripliad''.
==In the novels==
Highsmith introduced Tom Ripley in ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1955) as a young man making a meager living as a con artist. The novel also supplies him with a back story: orphaned at age five, he was raised in Boston by his aunt Dottie, a cold, stingy woman who mocked him as a "sissy". As a teenager, he attempted unsuccessfully to run away from his aunt's home to New York City before finally moving there at age 20.
In ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'', he is paid to go to Italy by Herbert Greenleaf, a shipbuilding magnate, to convince his son Dickie (a half-remembered acquaintance) to return to New York and join the family business. Ripley befriends the younger Greenleaf and falls in love with the rich young man's indulgent, carefree lifestyle; he also becomes obsessed with Greenleaf himself. He eventually murders Greenleaf after the playboy tires of him and spurns his friendship. He then assumes Greenleaf's identity, forging the signatures on his monthly remittances from a trust fund. He rents an apartment in Italy and revels in the good life. He also assumes Greenleaf's style and mannerisms, imitating him so well that he essentially ''becomes'' him. However, the charade gets him in trouble whenever he is confronted by people who know both him and Greenleaf, particularly Greenleaf's suspicious friend, Freddie Miles, whom he eventually murders. Ripley ultimately forges Greenleaf's will, leaving himself the dead man's inheritance. The novel ends with Ripley, having narrowly evaded capture, sailing to Greece and rejoicing in his newfound wealth. However, the book's final passages hint that he will pay for his freedom with a lifetime of paranoia, as he wonders whether he is "going to see policemen waiting for him on every pier that he ever approached".〔Highsmith, Patricia. ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'', Chapter 12. Norton, W&W & Company. New York, NY. 1955.〕
In ''Ripley Under Ground'' (1970), set six years later, Ripley has settled down into a life of leisure in Belle Ombre, an estate on the outskirts of the fictional village of Villeperce-sur-Seine in France, which is stated as being "some forty miles south of Orly",〔Highsmith, Patricia. ''Ripley Under Ground'', Chapter 1. Norton, W&W & Company. 1970.〕 "some twelve miles" from Fontainebleau,〔Highsmith, Patricia. ''Ripley's Game'', Chapter 3. Norton, W&W & Company. New York, NY. 1974.〕 and "seven kilometres" from Moret.〔Highsmith, Patricia. ''The Boy Who Followed Ripley'', Chapter 1. Norton, W&W & Company, Inc. New York, NY. 1980. 〕 He has added to his fortunes by marrying Héloïse Plisson, an heiress who has suspicions about how he makes his money, but prefers not to know. He avoids direct involvement in crime as much as possible in order to preserve his somewhat shady reputation, but he still finds himself involved in criminal enterprises, often aided by Reeves Minot, a small-time fence. Ripley's criminal exploits include a long-running art forgery scam (introduced in ''Ripley Under Ground'' and consistently mentioned in later books), an entanglement with the Mafia (in ''Ripley's Game''), and several murders. In every novel, he comes perilously close to getting caught or killed, but ultimately escapes danger.
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