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Maurits

A self-satisfied student engaged to a baker's daughter, driving toward his rich uncle's estate with his future and his fiancée's dignity both at stake.

supporting

Also known as Poor Maurits

First appearance: the story of a country house

As a supporting figure in Short Fiction, Maurits is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Downie's betrothed, a proud and self-important student who lectures Downie on the importance of winning his uncle's favor.
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Maurits has chosen love over his parents' approval, but he has not chosen to stop calculating — his uncle Theodore's fortune, mines, and furnaces are the real prize of the journey. Beside him sits Anne-Marie, pale and…

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Character Web

13 connections

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PNPetter NordUTUncle TheodoreDODownieNINinaRDRaniero di Ran…MAMaurits

Relationship types

  • Family
  • Other

Character groups

  • Historical and Legendary Figures
  • Artists and Moral Subjects
  • Young Women in Love Stories

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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