Five extracts from Ralph's journal
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Five extracts from Ralph's journal |
| Author(s): | queen_ypolita |
| Date(s): | 12 June 2009 |
| Length: | 745 words |
| Genre: | backstory, journal |
| Fandom: | Mary Renault |
| External Links: | archived on MRF (offline) archived version on archive.today |
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Five extracts from Ralph's journal is a short story by queen_ypolita based on Mary Renault's 1953 novel The Charioteer. It takes the form of five passages abstracted from a journal kept by Ralph Lanyon, one of the principal characters. All passages expand on events taken from canon.
In the first passage Ralph comments on the loss of his ship at Dunkirk. In the second, he talks about the return of the letter he had sent to Laurie, and how, in distress, he had told Alec everything. In the third, he briefly describes meeting Bunny. In the fourth, he provides his perspective on the party in Chapter Six and the discovery that Laurie is, in fact, alive. In the fifth, which is very brief, he describes breaking up with Bunny.
The story elicited a number of comments, including: