First publication: 1954

CONTENS

TITLE

THEME

SETTING

TIME

POINT OF VIEW

GENRE

MAIN CHARACTERS

OTHER CHARACTERS

THE AUTHOR

SUMMARY

OWN OPINION

TITLE

The love killed Dorothy. She loved her friend so they were going to get married but before that happened her friend killed her.

THEME

The theme of this story is the struggle between good and bad.

SETTING

The places, with the exception of certain points of interest in New York City, are imaginary and not intended to represent specific places

TIME

The story begins in 1949 and ends in December 1951

POINT OF VIEW

The author accomplishes a special effect by telling the story sometimes from the murderer' s point of view and sometimes from the point of view of his victims or the people who are trying to prove his guilt.

GENRE

The story is a thriller and contains many elements of a crime or detective story. Murders are committed and in the course of the story we get to know the identity of the murderer.

MAIN CHARACTERS

Dorothy kingship: she is murdered from the municipal building.
Ellen Kingship: She is going to investigate her sister’s dead.
Marion Kingship: The sister from Ellen and Dorothy.
Leo kingship: The father of the three girls and owner of the Kingship Copper Incorporation.
Bud Corliss: A young man involved with the three sisters.
Dwight Powell: A student at Stoddard University.
Gordon Gant: A disc jockey and student at Stoddard University.

OTHER CHARACTERS

Annabelle Koch: A student at Stoddard University.
Mrs. Arguette: Gordon Gant’s landlady.
Mr. Fishback: The neighbour from Mrs. Arguette.
Mr. otto: KingsThe manager of a copper smelter
Miss Richardson: Leo kingship’s secretary.
Mr. Welch: Dean of students at Stoddard University

THE AUTHOR

Ira Levin was born in New York City in 1929 and is graduate of the Horace Mann School and New York University. This book is his first novel. Rosemary’s Baby followed, and was made into a film. Some other novels include "The perfect Day "and "The Stepford Wives". His latest bestseller is The Boys from Brazil. He has also written several very successful plays, short stories and song lyrics.
He still lives in New York and has three sons.

THE CONSTRUCTION

The story divided in three parts provided with a name. Each part is subdivided in 15 chapters provided with a number.

SUMMARY

Part 1: Dorothy

1-4
When the boy-friend from Dorothy learns that she is pregnant, he is very angry. But he pretends he loves her and makes her promise to take some pills to get rid of the baby. Dorothy’s boy-friend had serve the army, after the war he had several jobs and had an affair with a rich widow. He decided to study at stoddard, where he met Dorothy Kingship. He promised to marry her if the pills didn’t work. Dorothy is one of the three daughters of the president of Kingship Copper, an enormous corporation. Their mother died a year after she and her husband were divorced.
The pills do not work and they decide to get married on Friday. He makes Dorothy promise not to mention the marriage to her sister Ellen. But...








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