What genre is this going to be? I'm guessing Historical Romance?
If we're talking realistic historical fiction the first thing that stands out to me is that no young woman would be left on her own in those days. (She wouldn't have been left alone with her fiance either.) Not ever. Women did not enjoy the freedom that we enjoy today. Secondly, she would totally be thought a whore and/or get raped if she was on her own and opened a boarding house for soldiers.
If you're talking alt-Earth or fantasy genre, that's different, you can make up your own social customs. If you want to go with the historical fiction you may want to think about how she could have the adventures while still fitting in her era.
I have to confess that it is one of my personal pet peeves to find completely modern females and attitudes in non-time travel type historical fiction. Bending the rules a bit is one thing but completely disregarding them is something else. YMMV :-)
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Date: 2011-11-25 07:04 pm (UTC)What genre is this going to be? I'm guessing Historical Romance?
If we're talking realistic historical fiction the first thing that stands out to me is that no young woman would be left on her own in those days. (She wouldn't have been left alone with her fiance either.) Not ever. Women did not enjoy the freedom that we enjoy today.
Secondly, she would totally be thought a whore and/or get raped if she was on her own and opened a boarding house for soldiers.
If you're talking alt-Earth or fantasy genre, that's different, you can make up your own social customs. If you want to go with the historical fiction you may want to think about how she could have the adventures while still fitting in her era.
I have to confess that it is one of my personal pet peeves to find completely modern females and attitudes in non-time travel type historical fiction. Bending the rules a bit is one thing but completely disregarding them is something else. YMMV :-)