Margery Allingham's short story "Three's a Lucky Number" follows Ronald Torbay as he plans and attempts his third murder of his wife Edyth. The story explores the universal theme that anyone can relate to, using chilling tone to accentuate this theme and bring out the alarming story elements. The ambiguous ending leaves readers wondering what happened next, as Allingham intended, making them question and reflect on the craftly written tale.
Margery Allingham's short story "Three's a Lucky Number" follows Ronald Torbay as he plans and attempts his third murder of his wife Edyth. The story explores the universal theme that anyone can relate to, using chilling tone to accentuate this theme and bring out the alarming story elements. The ambiguous ending leaves readers wondering what happened next, as Allingham intended, making them question and reflect on the craftly written tale.
Margery Allingham's short story "Three's a Lucky Number" follows Ronald Torbay as he plans and attempts his third murder of his wife Edyth. The story explores the universal theme that anyone can relate to, using chilling tone to accentuate this theme and bring out the alarming story elements. The ambiguous ending leaves readers wondering what happened next, as Allingham intended, making them question and reflect on the craftly written tale.
Margery Allingham's short story "Three's a Lucky Number" follows Ronald Torbay as he plans and attempts his third murder of his wife Edyth. The story explores the universal theme that anyone can relate to, using chilling tone to accentuate this theme and bring out the alarming story elements. The ambiguous ending leaves readers wondering what happened next, as Allingham intended, making them question and reflect on the craftly written tale.
Margery Allingham’s short story “Three’s a Lucky Number” is
a tale of a man by the name of Ronald Torbay planning,
attempting and ultimately failing his third murder of his wife Edyth. Throughout the story the theme develops into one almost anyone can attest to. Tone in the chilling tale help accentuate this theme but most importantly bring out the story and the alarming elements. Lastly the unexpected ending of the work leaves us wondering what happened next, all of which Margery Allingham intended to do, forcing readers to question and reflect. Allingham’s changing theme, tone and ambiguous ending are the pieces of author’s craft making this story into the compelling tale it is.