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Title |
A Certain Circle in New York |
Author |
Marc Proust |
Story Code(s) |
M/F, F/F |
Length |
4,100 words |
Rating |
Excellent |
Summary |
Simon and Julie have a vanilla sex life. That changes after Meg starts cleaning their place for them. |
Commentary |
This story leaves a lot of unanswered questions. That is
not necessarily a bad thing. It leaves a lot up to the
reader's imagination, or perhaps I should say the readers
imagination. Another thing Mr. Proust does is omit quite a few apostrophes. I got the impression that he was semi-consistently trying to imitate the style of George Bernard Shaw, who if I remember correctly did the same. There was also a certain Pygmalion-esque quality to this story, but the part of Henry Higgins in this case was not played by a man, but by a woman. I liked the plot. It basically tracks the sex life of Simon and Julie until it comes to a crashing halt one afternoon. The revolution in Julie's personality was both disturbing and arousing. Simon's reaction to it seemed typically male. This story leaves me wanting more details about Simon and Julie and Meg. It is a very narrow view that Marc Proust gives us, but is done so well that it is hard to fault him. |
ASSM |
A Certain Cirle in New York |