1800s Stories

Eleanor Whitcombe steps into the glittering world of London society with hope in her heart, determined to find more than wealth or title. Nathaniel, Duke of Ravenswood, carries the heavy burden of legacy and duty, convinced love is a luxury he cannot afford. When a single dance draws them together, whispers and choices intertwine, and both must decide if they will yield to expectation-or risk everything for a love neither expected.

England, 1811. At only twenty-one, Eliza Harrowby is already a widow. Trapped in black silk and condolences, she lives in a house too large, too quiet and too full of ghosts. Society expects her to remarry. Instead, she brings home a six-year-old orphan. Not out of kindness, but convenience. Thomas is thin, watchful, and far too used to being unwanted. He calls her Ma'am. He hides bread beneath his pillow. He never asks for anything. What begins as charity becomes something far more dangerous: attachment. As a wealthy gentleman offers her security... And a gentle gardener offers her understanding... Eliza must choose between the life she is expected to live, and the fragile, stubborn love growing in her orchard. *** ➪ This story is updated twice at week

"Come on, come on, don't leave me like this. I thought I had you figured out." In which Aurelia Bridgerton finds love with her past enemy. Or In which Prince Nicholas of Essex is forced to court his most disliked acquaintance. A Bridgerton Story. Aurelia Bridgerton (OC) x Prince Nicholas Frederick (OC) Book One- Ongoing

They will tell you that Laura Abbot was born to privilege-an aristocrat's daughter, raised among salons and scholars, her father a radical mind, her mother of noble French blood. They will say she had every prospect of comfort, of marriage, of a life behind brocade curtains and candlelit dinners. But that is not the story you will find here. This is the story of a girl who bent her back over stone floors until her hands blistered, who scrubbed with boiling water until her knees bled, who learned silence under the sharp eye of those meant to guide her. It is the story of how cruelty pressed against her spirit, and how she-frail as glass, strong as tempered steel-endured. Within the wards of Vienna, where suffering and birth lived side by side, Laura Abbot did not remain the noble child of her name. She became something more dangerous, more enduring: a midwife. A healer of women. A keeper of life in its rawest, most perilous moments. This book is not only her trials, but her transformation-how the Dove of her father's words learned to mask her sorrow, to endure the lash of envy and authority, and, through it all, to rise higher than any had thought she could. Not by right of birth, but by fire of endurance. Gnädiges Fräulein is her story. And once you have walked with her through the corridors of blood and stone, you will not forget her

Just a bunch of fictional diary entries I came up with because i was bored lol ! Very Victorian-style prose and vocabulary A/N: This piece is stylistically inspired by older literary English rather than written as a strict historical or linguistic recreation of any one period. It's a creative exercise focused on voice and mood, not accuracy. Cover: Pinterest

Elstarkra was the daughter of inspector jevert. He had raised her on his own. What happens if elstarkra joined the barricade boys. Her friends at the barricade needed her help and she was happy to help them. No matter what her fathers thoughts on the matter was. Elstarkra was always a wide eyed child. She knew the law like the back of her had, but that didn't mean she couldn't get into childish antics. A café stood in a street, she'd never seen it before her eyes but in her dreams it always appeared. She never told her father, with him being an inspector he had a reputation to uphold. POSTED ON FAN FICTION UNDER THE SAME USERNAME.

Seraphina survives by stealing and never staying long enough to be claimed. Theodore has everything except a reason to want it. In 1800s London, a thief and a gentleman collide and begin a reckless partnership built on stolen things and secrets neither of them were meant to keep. What starts as curiosity turns into something far more dangerous... a love that asks for too much and gives no clear way out. Some stories don't end. They just begin badly.

In the summer of 1815, after Elijah and Francesca have gone to their honeymoon, the ton is restless. There is no good gossip now that the 'sparkler' of the season is gone. However, Isadora Bridgerton has come to the heat of London for what turns out to be an eventful summer, before she debuts into high society. Isadora is a self proclaimed spinster, much like her cousin Eloise. However her father, Edmund's brother, Hugo, died a few years ago and her mother, Winnie, can no longer provide for her, which is why she sends her to London. Isadora wishes for no suitor, but also wants her mother to be happy which is why she complies with her request and comes to London, with no actual plan to marry. That of course changes, when she catches the eye of a certain De Mora brother, who takes interest in her and her love for the arts. - This is a Bridgerton x The Originals crossover. I do not own any of the characters, apart from Isadora. But I do own the plot line. - This is the second book in the crossover world of the originals in London's high society. The first book, "A Sonata for the Eternal" is up on my profile and you should definitely read it! - Cover made by me.

Living in the 1800s

You're like a sun. When you're gone there will be no more light to guide us through this cruel world. Does that make sense to you?

"The Menace of London has returned... and it appears he has finally met his match." Julian Greenwood is a man of many masks. To the ton, he is the reckless heir-presumptive and a cynical rake. In private, he is a man haunted by a heartbreak that drove him to the ends of the Earth. He returns to Mayfair with one goal: to remain untouched by the stifling expectations of society. But at Lady Bridgerton's masquerade, a chance encounter with a girl dressed as a mermaid changes everything. Posy Li has always been the girl in the shadows, overlooked by society and silenced by her family. But when the ton's most dangerous rogue begins to look her way, she must decide if she is brave enough to step into the light. In a world built on reputation and artifice, they both soon discover that the one thing they can no longer do... is pretend. POSY LI X OC MALE

Miss Juliette Calloway has spent two-and-twenty years as a ghost in her own home. Sheltered by a grieving father and silenced by a world that has no patience for her stutter, she arrives in London not to find a husband, but to ensure her younger sister's success in the marriage market. Juliette knows her place: in the shadows, behind the pillars, and far from the judgmental whispers of the Ton. Colin Bridgerton has returned from his travels with a heavy heart and a weary soul. After watching the girl he took for granted find a legendary love with another, he has convinced himself that romance is a beautiful lie-one that was never going to happen to him. He is ready to be the bachelor the world expects, closed off to the possibility of a "happily ever after." But when he finds a quiet girl hiding in the corner of a loud ballroom, the world stops spinning.

Maybe be we were actually never meant to be , maybe my fate was forever to be your ocean and you forever my moon and yet knowing that I will never have you I shall always try to reach you but I am not enough Never enough

Lady Alina Bridgerton is starting her first season with new husbands family but with Lady Whistledown keeping eyes on the entire ton she tries to navigate her new position and her feelings for her detached husband. How will she handle the stress and the rumors of her already broken marriage? And what surprises await for her this summer? Anthony Bridgerton x OC

Lucian Hartvel was supposed to die with his family. When a fire devoured the Hartvel estate and a vampire's teeth tore into his throat, something inside him ignited instead. He survived, but survival came at a cost. Branded by silver scars that pulse like brands, hunted by whispers in the dark, and shunned by the very society that once bore his name, Lucian has become something the city both needs and fears. So when bodies begin appearing in the Lower Ward of Erevost, slashed open, drained, and marked with sigils older than the church dares to acknowledge, there is only one person desperate nobles and silent priests are willing to call. The monster.

𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. It's been five thousand years since Alva Fare was captured by Christon, the last living, immortal, son of Valk'marr, and the entire line of Alva massacred. None survived. The people of Alva Fare-now the Southern Kingdoms-habor a deep hatred for their government. But fear has been instilled in their hearts for centuries. Only 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 can save them now.

Princess Izora of Aurelian was promised to Prince Alastor of Norwyn before she could walk a marriage meant to secure peace between kingdoms. But when she meets Prince Eros of Valen the heir to the kingdom her father despises loyalty begins to fracture. As alliances tighten and tensions rise, Izora must decide whether to preserve a fragile peace... or shatter centuries of hatred.

A borrower traveling to London in search of his family finds himself caught by a bean who seems to lack any sort of company in his life. -------------- Hazbin hotel fanfic. Human Sir Pentious x OC (Platonic) WARNING: Violence Death Vore attempt

The Becker family return home after a chaotic London season, only to find that their reputation is in tatters, and their social standing, in the rigid, rule-loving world of Regency era England, is threatened. They embark on a quest to still the rumours, but after a series of escalating mishaps, disastrous walks, humiliating social calls, and the increasing weight of public (and private) scrutiny, they begin to wonder if they'll ever really escape the rumours at all. And even worse.. what if they're true? Join the Beckers, and a few friends, as they navigate distinguishing between who they want to be, who they are, and the truth behind the tea parties and titles. Main Cast: Sir Anthony Becker, a baronet Lady Ruth, his wife Their six children, Anthony Jr, Eleanor, Sophia, James, Ruthie, and Janie Becker (First draft, if things are a little messy, that is why, though I will periodically go through and edit former chapters)

WYN LOCKWOOD IS OUT OF OPTIONS, MONEY AND CONTROL. Upon arriving in Australia, Wyn makes the discovery that her family wealth is gone, Wyn needs to turn to means that are most unladylike to survive while looking out for her younger brother, the new Lord Lockwood. Things are easier said than done, especially when a tired doctor starts to pay extra attention to her.