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4. I can't say I've noticed it more or less frequently, but when it happens might

Fri May 2, 2014, 04:21 PM

May 2014

a possible explanation be that it's a device to continue the series? Giving your character wealth (or at least access to resources) opens up all sorts of plot-lines and scene changes that might otherwise be more difficult to explore.

For example, I'm a big fan of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series, and wealth is showered on the main characters several times (in one case in a highly deus ex machina sort of way) and almost as frequently snatched away. It's maybe a bit unrealistic, but the narrative becomes a lot richer by giving the characters the freedom and flexibility of wealth...

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Has anyone notices in fairly recent years, protagonists of novels frequently **SPOILERS BIG TIME** [View all] raccoon May 2014 OP

plus Cinderella northoftheborder May 2014 #1

I don't think it is just in recent years. Curmudgeoness May 2014 #2

Good point--perhaps I should've made the OP more restricted. I raccoon May 2014 #3

If I remember correctly Curmudgeoness May 2014 #5

Well, in the case of the Falco mysteries, after Falco raccoon May 2014 #6

I can't say I've noticed it more or less frequently, but when it happens might petronius May 2014 #4

"I Still Dream About You" by Fannie Flagg. It's one of her recent books, and Nay May 2014 #7