Suzanne,
Re your comment:
> That certainly is not something I ever meant to
> imply.
Nor was that what I inferred. I was using that as an example of how a story in which Anne married Charles would violate Austen's characterization.
You did say, however, in an earlier post, that you wrote a novel in which you said you had the characters experience something that "i]never[/i] could have actually happened with the characters as written by Austen (that is, Elizabeth accepting Darcy's first proposal) . . . ," thus raising the question of whether deliberately diverging from Austen's characterization is permissible (and, of course, in once sense, it's certainly permissible since who is there to refuse permission to a writer to what s/he wants).
I responded to that by asking why even use the characters if you're going to diverge so far from the creator's concept of the characters. Why not simply create new characters that have the personalities you need for the story you want to tell.
However, I added that simply having Lizzy accept Darcy's Hunsford proposal doesn't, in and of itself, violate Suaten's characterization. It depends on the surrounding circumstances. I went on to list several instances of changed circumstances that might lead to Lizzy, as characterized by Austen, to accept the proposal of Darcy, as characterized by Austen.
But since you raised an issue (one that's materially different from the original one on this thread) that begged a question, I did go ahead and ask the question.
JIM
Re your comment:
> That certainly is not something I ever meant to
> imply.
Nor was that what I inferred. I was using that as an example of how a story in which Anne married Charles would violate Austen's characterization.
You did say, however, in an earlier post, that you wrote a novel in which you said you had the characters experience something that "i]never[/i] could have actually happened with the characters as written by Austen (that is, Elizabeth accepting Darcy's first proposal) . . . ," thus raising the question of whether deliberately diverging from Austen's characterization is permissible (and, of course, in once sense, it's certainly permissible since who is there to refuse permission to a writer to what s/he wants).
I responded to that by asking why even use the characters if you're going to diverge so far from the creator's concept of the characters. Why not simply create new characters that have the personalities you need for the story you want to tell.
However, I added that simply having Lizzy accept Darcy's Hunsford proposal doesn't, in and of itself, violate Suaten's characterization. It depends on the surrounding circumstances. I went on to list several instances of changed circumstances that might lead to Lizzy, as characterized by Austen, to accept the proposal of Darcy, as characterized by Austen.
But since you raised an issue (one that's materially different from the original one on this thread) that begged a question, I did go ahead and ask the question.
JIM