Truth In 'And Then There Were None'

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“Truth is stranger than fiction…. Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities.” - Mark Twain

The following quote shows the reader that the truth is eccentric to the possibilities you can think of. As a matter of fact, the novel: “And Then There Were None” corresponds with the relation of the quote. For example, the text reads, “That was what Hugo wanted… And of course that was the last line of the rhyme. ‘He went and hanged himself and then there were None…'/ She kicked away the chair... ” (Christie 268, 269). This explains how the truth of the Soldier's poem followed the script of the guests' deaths and her own regret were responsible for Vera's suicide. Given these points, Vera chose to commit suicide from the exposed truth that she

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