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The 1890s: 1890–1899
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The United States defeated Spain in 1898 and took the Philippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico, announcing itself as a colonial power. The Dreyfus affair split France, New Zealand gave women the vote in 1893, and moving pictures flickered into music halls.
1898 made America an empire and 1890 killed Van Gogh in Auvers. Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes fights steampunk conspiracies in 1890s London, and Loving Vincent investigates the painter's last days in that same decade's France. Open the 1890s on the StoryTerra map and explore its stories by place.
10 famous stories set in the 1890s
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Browse 188 books, 155 movies, 4 TV shows and 8 games set in the 1890s (1890–1899).
Sherlock Holmes
Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
The Call of the Wild
Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As…
A Scandal in Bohemia (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #1)
Holmes is hired by the King of Bohemia to recover blackmail evidence, held by the woman whom the king once promised to marry, but who he abandoned for a woman of noble birth.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.
Bram Stoker's Dracula
When Dracula leaves the captive Jonathan Harker and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Murray the reincarnation of Dracula's long-dead wife Elisabeta obsessed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing sets out to end the…
The Lighthouse
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Loving Vincent
A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I
Eccentric, arrogant, and ingenious, Sherlock Holmes remains the world's most popular and influential fictional detective. In four novels and fifty-six short stories, Holmes with his trusted friend Dr. Watson, steps from…
The Gold Rush
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
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