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Victorian Britain: 1837–1901

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UK · 1837–1901 · exact time + place

An era of empire, industrial revolution, and social reform that deeply influenced global history and inspired countless novels — from Dickens' London to the Brontës' moors. The button below opens StoryTerra with both the UK and 1837–1901 already set.

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10 famous Victorian Britain stories

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Browse 283 books, 217 movies, 8 TV shows and 22 games set in United Kingdom.

Bloodborne

Bloodborne

game

An action RPG in which the player embodies a Hunter who, after being transfused with the mysterious blood local to the city of Yharnam, sets off into a 'night of the Hunt', an extended night in which Hunters may phase…

Setting: London, England, UKTime Period: Victorian Era analogue
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Warner Bros. Pictures-Village Roadshow Pictures-Silver Pictures-Wigram Productions-Internationale Filmproduktion Blackbird Dritte
movie

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.

Setting: London, UKTime Period: 1890s
Enola Holmes 2

Enola Holmes 2

Legendary Pictures-PCMA Productions
movie

Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends — and…

Setting: London, UKTime Period: 1880s
A Scandal in Bohemia (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #1)

A Scandal in Bohemia (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #1)

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Ronald Holt (Adapter)
book

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.

Setting: London, UKTime Period: 1891
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Warner Bros. Pictures-Village Roadshow Pictures-Silver Pictures-Wigram Productions-Lin Pictures
movie

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.

Setting: London, UK; Switzerland; France; GermanyTime Period: 1891
Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bram Stoker's Dracula

American Zoetrope-Osiris Films-Columbia Pictures
movie

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…

Setting: Transylvania, Romania; London, UKTime Period: 1890s
Enola Holmes

Enola Holmes

PCMA Productions-Legendary Pictures
movie

While searching for her missing mother intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.

Setting: London, England, UKTime Period: Victorian Era
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

DreamWorks Pictures-Warner Bros. Pictures-Parkes/MacDonald Productions-The Zanuck Company
movie

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker a.k.a Sweeney Todd who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

Setting: London, UKTime Period: Victorian Era
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

BBC
movie

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.

Setting: London, UKTime Period: 1890s
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Walt Disney Pictures-ImageMovers Digital
movie

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence what opportunities he wasted in his youth his current cruelties and the dire fate that awaits him if he does…

Setting: London, EnglandTime Period: 1840s

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