Gildedage Stories

Angelina Greene was never one to make waves past the confines of her immediate family. But, after her long awaited return from school in France following a rebellious childhood, complications await in New York City. Now dealing with the problems of an overbearing mother, a double life, old secrets, and an unfortunately charming new neighbor, she must find a way to live her life, her way. Win or lose, the game has only just begun. ... This story will not perfectly align with the plot of the Gilded Age. I do not own the characters of the Gilded Age show, just those of my own design.

Don't let the name fool you, odd things are happening in Sleepy Hollow. Sybil Fallow didn't yet know just how deep the trouble truly went. Until a few weeks ago, she hadn't even heard of the small, seemingly insignificant town. Now she found herself trying to piece together its dark past, her place in it and prevent the death of even more of its citizens. A task that she quickly realizes she cannot do alone. Ichabod Crane use to be a somebody in this town, his future seemingly bright, now was all a distant dream. As a believer in the paranormal and oddities, he may be the key to solving the recent murders. The only certainty in life is Death and it has returned to Sleepy Hollow, and there doesn't seem to be any signs of it stopping...

The White City is the exciting conclusion to The Untimely Journey of Veronica T. Boone! Molly has escaped the destruction of her small town of Laurentide, and she and Veronica have survived a dozen harrowing adventures as they raced through the 20th century on the Jeremy Bentham. They've outwitted and out-battled not just Pug-Nasties but power-hungry presidents, panicky bankers, and whisky-smuggling gangsters. But are they up to their greatest test of all - Ursula Bamcroft herself? It's Chicago in 1893, at the greatest World's Fair ever to take place, and the girls must find Ursula, stop her from stealing the silver cups, and get Molly back to the Present before history is changed forever. Easy, right? Not hardly! First, they can't find the missing circus train. Then they learn there's no way to stop the cups from being stolen. Worst of all, Veronica is kidnapped right when Molly needs her most! The White City is a gorgeous, sumptuous, heart-pounding adventure at the height of America's Gilded Age. In the middle of the historic Columbian Exposition, Molly and Veronica are battling the most cruel forces ever to attack the nation. On one side is Ursula with hundreds of Pug-Nasties. On the other are Molly and the crew of the Jeremy Bentham, along with an ill-tempered mongoose, a mysterious magician, and a wild band of circus performers. Will the White City go up in flames? Will the bridge over the Chasm collapse under the greatest train race in history? Will Molly and Veronica survive to reach Laurentide again? And what does chocolate have to do with any of this? Grab a seat and hold on, for history is on the move! It's full speed ahead for The White City - ALL ABOARD!!

Set in the 1870s and 1880s, AG, EL is about four wealthy American girls and their socially ambitious families being snubbed by polite society for being new money. The girls and their families set out to London in search of love or status. Nora is one of these girls who ends up marrying the Duke of Chatham. But will she be happy in this marriage? Or will she be inclined to start a relationship with The Hon. Peregrine Campbell.

This is the continuing saga of The Howard family on Star Base 12 and their extended family and they have entered the Edwardian Age as known as the Gilded Age The Dukedoms , and Earldoms are Albany Territory Bedford Territory Cambridge Territory Clarence Territory Essex Territory Gloucester Territory Langley Territory Lancaster Territory Lennox Territory Norfolk Territory Northampton Territory Pembroke Territory Saint Albans Territory Suffolk Territory Sussex Territory Wessex Territory

In this first book of a trilogy, William Durant and his sister Ella have spent most of their youth living abroad while their father invests in land and builds a railroad empire in the wake of the Civil War. They are provided every opportunity their father's amassed wealth can buy: travel, private tutors, and entrance into the inner social circles of Victorian era England. Their world is shaken however when their father summons them back to America after the financial panic of 1873 to help rebuild the family fortune in the Adirondack wilderness.

An essay on my experience finding a connection with Isadora Duncan, modern dance pioneer

There is nothing wrong with New York debutante Bertille Dubon's life. She has a great family-one of the most respected In New York-interesting friends, and all the time in the world to work on her art. And she possesses one of the most rare dragon eggs in the world. All she has to do is hatch an egg, get some magic, and not embarrass herself or her family. But on the night of her debut, everything goes wrong and now she must find a way to put the pieces of her perfect life back together. Set against the backdrop of 1870s Gilded Age New York, fans of dragons, magic, and Downton Abbey are sure to love this story! **This is a work in progress, chapters will be posted as they are completed. But you might find typos, grammatical errors and unresolved plot points**

A queer retelling of the great gatsby, centered around the character of Jay Gatsby, but also featuring narration from Jordan, Nick, and a few other minor characters that become more developed

A god of time just got knocked down a peg. Cora is a billion year-old god that has devoted her existence into memorizing the timeline, and more importantly fixing it. What happens when an error in perfecting the timeline results in Cora being banished from the heavens, to forever be forced to live as a mortal? Between a timeline that even the gods no longer understand, humans fighting over the source of infinite wisdom, and a fact that will reveal the secret to immortality 167,373 years too early; will Cora be able to resist her emotions? Or will fate manage to bend this god's iron will?

Young Aleksander has the job of a lifetime, working for the famous Nikola Tesla at his Wardenclyffe Tower out on Long Island. It's 1903 and Tesla will power up his tower for the first and only time attempting wireless electricity. What happens that fateful night will change both men forever.

A young and impressionable night clerk at an luxe hotel gets mixed up with a criminal crowd in 1940s Denver.

A short story about a rich society maiden during the Gilded Age who is jaded by her lavish lifestyle until she makes a decision that brings back the spark in her marriage but but will prove to be the biggest mistake of her life.

When a reclusive inventor meets the girl next door... With the fate of her disgraced family resting on her shoulders, Lady Christina Barclay has arrived in New York City from London to quickly secure a wealthy husband. But when her parents settle on an intolerable suitor, Christina turns to her reclusive neighbor, a darkly handsome and utterly compelling inventor, for help. Oliver Hawkes reluctantly agrees to a platonic marriage . . . with his own condition: The marriage must end after one year. Not only does Oliver face challenges that are certain to make life as his wife difficult, but more importantly, he refuses to be distracted from his life's work-the development of a revolutionary device that could transform thousands of lives, including his own. Much to his surprise, his bride is more beguiling than he imagined. When temptation burns hot between them, they realize they must overcome their own secrets and doubts, and every effort to undermine their marriage, because one year can never be enough. Available everywhere in paperback and e-book from Avon Books on September 25, 2018. Legally, this is only permitted to be a short sample of the published book. Read on for Chapter 1!

Touted as the safest, largest, most luxurious ship in the world, the Titanic is a beacon of hope on both sides of the Atlantic. The ship is the culmination of humanity's ambitions, hopes and dreams of conquering the sea. She beckons rich and poor alike, promising to fulfil the dreams of all those who step aboard her decks. Emmeline Bartrop is a young girl who harbours such dreams. Stifled by the expectations of a society that refuses to accept her, she boards the Titanic hoping to find direction in America. For a few wild days onboard the opulent liner she finally tastes the freedom she has longed for her whole life. But icebergs fill the Atlantic, and all it takes is one to tear a hole in the Titanic and sink the ship-along with the hopes and dreams of Emmeline and the two thousand other souls onboard. The story of the ill-fated liner is well-known all over the world. Can the ship and all those who sail on her escape the cruel fate that history has in store for them this time, or are they doomed to end up in the bottom of the North Atlantic, again and again, as they have in every iteration of the story?

This is a chapter from a novel I'm working on called "Cultbreakers," wherein our heroine is tasked by the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans to find her way into an infamous haunted attic to set the spirits free. Julia Austerlitz, the daughter of a Grande Louis beer baron, is on a dark and dangerous quest to uncover the truth behind paranormal activity in her family's Gilded Age mansion. Only by helping Sylvaine L'Ombre will she be able to discover the truth. But is this paranormal quest too much for our headstrong heroine?

In an America embroiled in the all-encompassing inequities of the Gilded Age, with industrialists making their riches while the workers fight for their freedoms, a teenager's vicious account of a Chicago riot comes to color the class tensions of the era. In this short piece of historical fiction, an ode to peaceful demonstration comes crashing down as bodies tangle and lives are lost, and violence remains the only path to salvation. Contains light gore. Enjoy.

© Laurel London, The 19th Century. 2023 This e-book is a compendium - giving you an understanding of the 19th century from a British perspective, and through the Western lens of a neurodivergent 21st century female. The structure of the content is created in a repetitive style designed to encourage you to better understand and retain what you are reading. What you learn from History can help you understand why your world is the way it is today.