Victorian London: Difference between revisions

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Ankh-Morpork on [[Discworld]], except it's more like modern New York set in Victorian London. With dwarfs. And trolls. There's even a few neurotic vampires with hilarious accents.

* ''[[The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''

** ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''

** ''[[David Copperfield]]''

* ''[[The Time Machine]]'' and most of its adaptations feature this as the Time Traveler's own era.

* ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' Centers around the exodus of London at one point. And it's where the Martians die. In 1898.

* Elizabeth Peters's ''[[Amelia Peabody]]'' stories start in this period and move through [[The Gay Nineties]] into [[World War One]]. But Amelia and her husband (though notably ''not'' her children) retain their [[Victorian London]] sensibilities throughout. Most of their adventures actually happen in Egypt, as they are archaeologists.

* ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' by [[Oscar Wilde]]

* [[Anne Perry]]'s mystery novels are very conscious attempts to subvert the common Victorian stereotypes, by playing up the tension between facade and the reality of human emotion. When this works, it works brilliantly; however, when it doesn't, the result tends to be lurid melodrama that makes [[Le Fanu]] look plausible.

* [[Darkness Visible]].

* Philip Pullman's [[Sally Lockhart]] series.

* The [[Arcane Society]] novels written by Amanda Quick fall into this era, whereas the Jayne Ann Krentz novels are modern era and Jayne Castle are futuristic.

* Sarah Waters' ''[[The Fingersmith]]'', published in 2002 and made into a BBC drama in 2005, is a {{spoiler|gay and lesbian}} take on the setting, with dips into the mental health tropes of the era, including a stereotypical [[Bedlam House]] plot and a man after an inheritance.

* The [[Gemma Doyle]] series takes place here.

* [[The Infernal Devices]], prequel trilogy to the [[Mortal Instruments]] series takes place here.

 

== [[Music]] ==

 

== Other ==

 

== [[Radio]] ==

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

 

== [[Theatre]] ==

 

== Video Games ==

* The moments of [[American McGee's Alice|Alice: Madness Returns]] not set in Wonderland are set in Victorian London, aka The Real World for Alice.

* [[Wizard 101]] the world Marleybone is an [[Expy]] of this mixed with [[Steampunk]]. Oh yeah, and the people are all [[Petting Zoo People|dogs, cats, rats, or the occasional frog.]]

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* The "Four Beheadings and a Funeral" story in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "Treehouse of Horror XV" ''is'' this trope applied to the show.

 

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