The Independence of Claire (edit title/settings)

Luthién Arnatuilë edited the characters of The Independence of Claire Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Edited the description of Malcolm Heward: Man that is totally devoted to Janet Willoughby but has nothing for it.

Luthién Arnatuilë edited the characters of The Independence of Claire Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Edited the description of Major Frank Carew: There is the real Major Carew. Heir to an estate, money and position. Then there is the fake major that is courting Miss Rhodes, who is a rude, unpleasant man with good looks but nothing else to his credit.
• Edited the spoiler-free description of Major Frank Carew: Belongs to same regiment and club, as Erskine Fanshawe. Important character in the story, to say more is to give things away.
• marked the description of Major Frank Carew as a spoiler

Luthién Arnatuilë edited the characters of The Independence of Claire Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Edited the description of Miss Janet Willoughby: Has more money than she knows what to do with. Yet she dresses poorly, she lacks the looks of Claire and she weighs too much. But she has her heart set on Erskine Fanshawe and when she sees his interest in Claire, she does everything to prevent them meeting at her mother's parties. And of course she has the help of Erskine's mother who wants Janet for daughter-in-law.

Luthién Arnatuilë edited the characters of The Independence of Claire Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Edited the description of Mrs. Willoughby: A woman that has decided to do good with her money. She organizes "at home" evenings and Claire is invited to one of them, thanks to Mrs Fanshawe's recommendation. But it took months of waiting for the promised invitation.

Luthién Arnatuilë edited the characters of The Independence of Claire Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Edited the description of Miss Sophie Blake: The only nice teacher at the school. She is the 31-year-old gym teacher who has a happy attitude. She lives above her means, puts a sister through school but gets punished when she gets bad arthritis and can't continue teaching.

Luthién Arnatuilë edited the characters of The Independence of Claire Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Edited the description of Miss Mary "Cecil" Rhodes: Claire becomes Mary's roommate which is very trying. Cecil as she calls her, is always grumpy and bitter. 33 years old and has worked as a teacher for 12 of those years. Was promised marriage 6 years earlier, and then her man chose a rich girl instead. She has never got over it. She takes advantage of that Claire is not destitute and borrows money as well as letting Claire pay the entire rent for weeks on end. Completely gullible woman.

Luthién Arnatuilë edited the characters of The Independence of Claire Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Edited the description of Captain Erskine Fanshawe: 30-year-old son of Mrs. Fanshawe. He knows what his mother's plans are and he knows her ways. Nothing is going to stop him from getting to know Claire. Not even Claire that makes her best at avoiding him.

Luthién Arnatuilë edited the characters of The Independence of Claire Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Edited the description of Mason: Mrs. Fanshawe's seasick maid that is of no good to her employer during the entire journey from Brussels to London.

Luthién Arnatuilë edited the characters of The Independence of Claire Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Edited the description of Mrs. Fanshawe: On her way from Brussels, Claire gets aquainted with this old lady, that is having trouble with a seasick maid. Claire helps her out and they get along very well till Mrs. Fanshawe finds out that Claire has no money and is going to work for a living. She refuses to have her son presented to Claire, even though Claire has helped her and kept her company, when they arrive at the train station in London. Mrs. Fanshawe has decided that her son is going to marry Janet Willoughby, her friend's daughter.

Luthién Arnatuilë edited the characters of The Independence of Claire Tuesday, December 11, 2012.

• Edited the description of Miss Farnborough: Head Mistress for a girls' school in London. On vacation in Brussels, she hears Claire speak French and offer her employment. Claire is flattered and when her mother decides, to get married she take the offer. But Miss Farnborough is not the charming person she was on holiday, when Claire has to work for her. She cares nothing about her teachers and they know they can easily be fired. They are dispensable. The only thing that matters to her, are the paying parents and the pupils.