Anne Clare Wilbraham Woods

[angie_sylvie]

Fandom: Maurice
Rating: PG - 13
Pairing: Anne/Clive
Summary: "It had all gone so smoothly - courtship, engagement, marriage. Perhaps too smoothly, because she'd been so jolly pleased with herself and pride comes before a fall, after all."
Wordcount: approx. 2400
Disclaimer: These characters belong to E.M. Forster, not me. I make no profit and intend no

Comments

[miss_morland]

It's funny: I was just thinking the other night that someone ought to write a Maurice fic from Anne's POV... Between this and your Kitty story, I think you must be a mind-reader or something. *g*

But anyway, I love the way you flesh out Anne's character here, especially her naivety when it comes to sex, and her denial in the end, which seems to mirror Clive's own delusions. I also like the little details about upper-class life -- the story of her going abroad with a chaperone and meeting Clive reminds me a little of A Room With A View, which I think is an awesome bit of intertextuality (although I don't know if this was your intention, of course).

Again, great work!

[angie_sylvie]

Thanks, Miss Morland. I don't know how long I'll be able to keep on reading your mind, but glad to be of service so far!

Well, I was channeling "A Room with a View" a bit when I wrote that part, copying I might have called it but "Intertextuality" is such a great word! Yes, I'll have that. It was intertextual! :-)

Of course, poor Clive and Anne's version is but a pale and bloodless imitation of the passionate awakening of Lucy and George!

Lovely

[rickp43]

Hope you don't mind my barging in. I've been pointed here by a friend.

Delightful. Insightful. Lovely voice. Engaging stories. Both this and Kitty. I don't know if this is your voice in writing contemporary fiction, or if you are emulating Forster, but it's spot on to this American ear.