Victorian Short Stories

An insult, a wager, and a love that refuses to follow society’s rules. What if Elizabeth Bennet had responded to Mr. Darcy's infamous "not handsome enough to tempt me" insult not with silent disdain, but with a scandalous wager? When Elizabeth challenges the proud Mr. Darcy to a dangerous game—betting that she can make him desire her before the season ends—she sets in motion a series of encounters that would make even the most proper members of Regency society reach for their smelling salts. As their verbal sparring evolves into something far more intimate, both Elizabeth and Darcy ...

Join Annie Fuller, widowed boarding house owner, and Nate Dawson, local lawyer, as they investigate their first crimes in the first four books in the romantic and suspenseful Victorian San Francisco Mystery series: Maids of Misfortune, Uneasy Spirits, Bloody Lessons, and Deadly Proof. Annie Fuller is a young widow who supplements her income by giving financial and domestic advice as Madam Sibyl. When one of Madam Sibyl’s clients dies in mysterious circumstances, Annie goes undercover as a domestic servant to find out the truth about his death.

Featuring work by M. R. James, Edith Nesbit, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Atherton and many more, this enhanced audio collection of eight enduring stories - some well-known, others less familiar - transport you to a candlelit fireside to hear tales of lonely coastlines, deadly rivers, dark, creaking corridors, horrific, everlasting love and unknown entities lurking in black velvet shadows.

Edgar Award winner Otto Penzler returns with a new anthology of exhilarating mysteries, assembling Victorian society's lords and ladies and most miserable miscreants. Behind the velvet curtains of horse-drawn carriages and amid the soft glow of the gaslights are the detectives and bobbies sniffing out the safecrackers and petty purloiners who plague everything from the soot-covered side streets of London to the opulent manors of the countryside. Brush off your dinner jackets and straighten out your ball gowns for these exciting, glitzy mysteries.

A disgraced scholar. A silent village. And a bell that listens to the dark. Winter, 1888. Exiled by a professional scandal to the frozen coast of Wales, Alastair Finch has accepted a lonely commission: cataloging the library of the late, eccentric Baronet of Portmeirion. Trapped in the drafty Gatehouse Library by a relentless blizzard, Alastair finds his only company is the whistling wind and the rhythmic scratching of his own pen. Until he discovers the Vigil-Bell Log. Hidden among the archives, the leather-bound journal belonged to a missing bell-ringer who vanished on Christmas Eve five ...

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From “not handsome enough to tempt me” to “I am ardently in love with you…” One week ago, Elizabeth overheard Mr. Darcy’s cutting insult at the Meryton assembly and vowed never to forgive him. Now, she finds herself counting the hours until she sees him again, her heart racing at the mere thought of their next conversation. What happened in those seven days to transform her certainty into confusion, her anger into anticipation, her contempt into something that feels dangerously close to love? A Pride and Prejudice variation with a delicious touch of instalove, where enemies ...

Arthur Conan Doyle was the greatest genre writer Britain has ever produced. Throughout a long writing career, he drew on his own medical background, his travels, and his increasing interest in spiritualism and the occult to produce a spectacular array of Gothic tales. Many of Doyle's writings are recognized as the very greatest tales of terror. They range from hauntings in the polar wasteland to evil surgeons and malevolent jungle landscapes. This collection brings together over 30 of Conan Doyle's best Gothic tales

The golden age of the short story was in Victorian and Edwardian times, when authors made a living by contributing to literary magazines and journals. These popular journals threw up such literary greats as Dickens, Conan Doyle, Rider Haggard, and Jerome K. Jerome. Many of the great writers are undeservedly neglected by modern audience...but what a pleasure it is to rediscover the literary treasures that delighted our great grandparents!

A forbidden flower. An unexpected rescue. A second chance at love. Elizabeth Bennet's innocent trespass at Kew Gardens throws her into the path of the one man she thought she'd never see again—Mr. Darcy. As spring blooms around them and London society watches with jealous eyes, Elizabeth must decide whether she will trust her first impressions or allow herself to see Mr. Darcy in an entirely new light. A sweet and charming Pride and Prejudice variation where a chance encounter in a botanical garden leads to walks in Hyde Park, intimate conversations, and a love story that blooms against ...

Step once more into the heart of Victorian London with the legendary Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion, Dr. Watson. In this collection of three original mysteries—faithfully inspired by the world and style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—Holmes faces baffling puzzles, sinister conspiracies, and secrets long buried. As danger lurks in the fog and deception lies at every turn, only his unmatched intellect can bring the truth to light. The Chronofabulist A man claiming to have traveled from 1824 arrives in London with disturbing predictions and a strange invention. As Holmes investigates ...

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Thirteen classic stories of horror and the supernatural by some of the greatest writers in the genre. This compilation includes a mix of well-known classics by authors such as Edith Nesbit, J. Sheridan Le Fanu and M. R. James, alongside several tales by less familiar names who were hugely popular and prolific in their day.

Before Twilight and True Blood, even before Buffy and Anne Rice and Bela Lugosi, vampires haunted the 19th century, when brilliant writers everywhere indulged their bloodthirsty imaginations, culminating in Bram Stoker's legendary 1897 novel, Dracula. Michael Sims brings together the very best vampire stories of the Victorian era - from England, America, France, Germany, Transylvania, and even Japan - into a unique collection that highlights their cultural variety.

Some mistakes can be forgiven. Some hearts can be won twice. When Jane Bennet accepts Mr. Bingley's proposal, Elizabeth should be overjoyed. Instead, she's anxious—because Bingley's closest friend is returning to Netherfield, and Elizabeth has spent months regretting every harsh word she once said to Mr. Darcy. But Darcy isn't coming alone. His sister Georgiana has taken it upon herself to plan an engagement ball, and she seems remarkably determined to seek Elizabeth's advice on every detail. As the preparations bring them together again and again, Elizabeth begins to hope that not all is...

What if one moment could change everything? At the Meryton assembly, Elizabeth Bennet braces herself for the disdain of the proud Mr. Darcy. But when their eyes meet across the dance floor, she finds no contempt—only careful reserve and a spark of genuine interest. One absent insult. One civil dance. One altered first impression. From that single divergence, everything changes. Without prejudice to cloud her judgment, Elizabeth discovers a thoughtful man beneath Darcy's reserved exterior. Without her resentment to overcome, Darcy finds himself free to pursue the woman who has captivated ...

Step back into Baker Street with a Sherlock Holmes who feels as sharp and readable as if he were written today. This refreshed edition of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes presents Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic tales in clean, contemporary typography and carefully clarified language, preserving every twist, deduction, and dry joke. Archaic phrasing and cluttered layouts have been gently updated, making Holmes’s brilliance and Watson’s narration instantly accessible for modern readers and new fans alike. Set against the fog-bound streets and drawing rooms of Victorian London, these stories...

Three steamy Pride and Prejudice variations that will have you reaching for your smelling salts! This scandalous collection features: MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN WITH DARCY When restless nights and moonlit gardens bring Elizabeth Bennet face-to-face with Fitzwilliam Darcy, their heated exchanges take an unexpected turn. Under a blanket of stars, confessions lead to discoveries that shatter every assumption Elizabeth held about Pemberley's master—and awaken desires neither knew they possessed. LOVE LESSONS AT PEMBERLEY Accepting a position as Georgiana Darcy's companion should have been simple ...

Would you dare to follow Sherlock Holmes into the darkest corners of London? In the foggy streets of Victorian London, ten mysteries await the most famous detective. Accompanied by his faithful friend, Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes deploys his deductive genius to face enigmas that defy reason. Join Sherlock and his analytical mind in 10 new unpublished stories: The Mystery of the Safe Margaret is missing The Ogre of Whitechapel Hocus Pocus The underdog candidate Deadly Composition The Witness Knight The Bleeding Church The Circus Mystery Blackwell Manor Some news from Baker Street attempts to...