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Hello,
I've got what I'm afraid might be a very stupid question regarding Victorian social mores...
I'm writing a short story set in 1890's London. My female MC is a young widow. Her parents are dead. She is wealthy middle class (father and husband were bankers and businessmen). She is no longer in mourning. She lives with her grandfather in his house somewhere outside London (I'm not sure where yet, but it's not all that important).
My male MC is a middle-aged widower who lives in London. He is fairly close with the female MC's grandfather- something of a mentor relationship, or father and son, although they are not related.
My question is this: I want my female MC and her grandfather to stay with my male MC at his house in London for a few weeks, as his guests. Would social convention allow it? Would it be perfectly normal? Out of the question? Tolerated but frowned upon by others?
Any help would be greatly appreciated
I've got what I'm afraid might be a very stupid question regarding Victorian social mores...
I'm writing a short story set in 1890's London. My female MC is a young widow. Her parents are dead. She is wealthy middle class (father and husband were bankers and businessmen). She is no longer in mourning. She lives with her grandfather in his house somewhere outside London (I'm not sure where yet, but it's not all that important).
My male MC is a middle-aged widower who lives in London. He is fairly close with the female MC's grandfather- something of a mentor relationship, or father and son, although they are not related.
My question is this: I want my female MC and her grandfather to stay with my male MC at his house in London for a few weeks, as his guests. Would social convention allow it? Would it be perfectly normal? Out of the question? Tolerated but frowned upon by others?
Any help would be greatly appreciated