Tuck Box
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Tuck Box |
| Author(s): | fawatson |
| Date(s): | 4 September 2011 |
| Length: | 740 words |
| Genre: | backstory |
| Fandom: | Mary Renault |
| External Links: | (members-locked) |
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"Tuck Box" is a short story by fawatson based on Mary Renault's 1953 novel The Charioteer. It is set between the first two chapters, when Laurie has been at boarding school for about a year.
Synopsis
It has been a horrible wet Saturday late in the fall term, and the boys have had nothing to do all afternoon—until the post brings Laurie a parcel.
Background
The story was written at the same time as the 2011 Summer Challenge, but was not written in response to either of the prompts.
Comments
"Tuck Box" elicited a number of comments, including:
- "This is wonderful! So reminiscent of all those old school stories, it made me feel nicely warm inside, thank you so much! :)"—comment by trueriver
- "[...] it's a dear little fribble. Derivative, certainly, but we have so few school stories about young!Laurie that it's a very tasty snack."—comment by greerwatson