1910s Stories

❝if i wanted that kind of life, i would have chosen someone else. but i chose you. i 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 you.❞ ❝and i choose you. 𝘨𝘰𝘥, i choose you.❞ katy byrd was an ordinary girl--until her stepfather died, and her mother told her the truth: that she's the illegitimate daughter of an american millionaire and the only heir to his massive fortune. in a matter of months, katy is a girl between worlds: on the one hand, an up-and-coming new york socialite with more money and suitors than she could have dreamed, and on the other hand, a barefoot country girl from berkshire who loves to read mystery novels and fish in the creek behind the house. katy must decide which world she truly belongs to-and whether the man she loves belongs in either. tom branson is also between worlds: he was a middle-class man, working as a chauffeur, until he married the daughter of his employer, the earl of grantham. he can't force sybil to give up her family, but he despises the idea of assimilating into the upper class--even though the prospect of a child means it will surely happen. and when tragedy strikes his family, tom is thrown deeper into crisis. his daughter is a crawley, but he is not, and he will not pretend to be. katy gives love freely to anyone who will receive it. tom gives love sparingly to few people indeed. between the grief and the heartbreak and the growing realization that they will both have to choose between the two worlds they live in, perhaps they can create a new world--together. [downton abbey original fanfiction] [tom branson x fem! oc] [extreme slowburn] [seasons 2-6 + movies] highest rankings as of 3/6/26: #1 - coracrawley #1 - fredastaire #1 - marycrawley #2 - 1910s #2 - downtonabbey #2 - edithcrawley #2 - tombranson #3 - period #3 - robertcrawley #4 - thomasbarrow #10 - 1920s

During a fierce battle against him, female warrior Kanae Kocho is saved from the powerful upper moon demon Doma by healthy forty one year old charcoal merchant Tanjuro Kamado. This leads to a fiery and intense battle that ends in Tanjuro forcing Doma to retreat into the night after fifteen minutes. Grateful for this, Kanae goes with the healthy charcoal merchant to his small home on Mount Kumotori. There, she meets his wife Kie, who is also forty one, and their six children, seventeen year old girl Jacinth, twelve year old triplets Nezuko, Takeo and Hanako, ten year old boy Shigeru and nine year old boy Rokuta. While selling charcoal to the residents of the closest town with her sometime after this, Tanjuro spots Kanae's apparent admirer Sanemi Shinazugawa and his younger brother Genya speaking with its innkeeper Nori Ohara.

My name is Babi, and my only goal in life was to retire early. I had the perfect plan: my gold Baby Boo dress, my Swarovski crystals, and that Victoria's Secret scent that makes everyone stop in their tracks. My target? My wealthy "Sugar Daddy." But gossip is an extreme sport. While trying to film a TikTok in the wrong place, my Chanel heels betrayed me, and the cliff became my runway to disaster. When I woke up on a beach, I thought: "Great, I survived and my makeup is still intact." I didn't count on the hit to the head, or waking up in chains in a filthy 1910 Scottish slave market. My expensive perfume now mixes with the smell of dirt, and my only hope for freedom has a name: Ares McLean. A tattooed redhead with icy blue eyes and the heir to a clan that doesn't accept strangers... much less a girl from the future who demands her skincare routine and refuses to get her shoes dirty. How did I go from hunting millionaires to being the "property" of a Scotsman who seems to hate me as much as he desires me?

(WIP) (Yandere.Circus x Fem. Reader) |🃏| After some unfortunate events happened in the life of a young lady, (Name) was quite upset with her mother's dying wish of marrying her off to a count which she didn't particularly tolerate. Helping an apple thief would lead to her finding a peculiar circus which will change her life, and also teach her that remaining youthful and oblivious isn't always an option in life

Clara Watson, no home, no life, other than being a maid. Her cousin, Adele Roberts, a rich girl in the Depression. What happens when they both fall for multiple guys? [ICONic Boyz alternate universe fanfic]

Sequel to The Secret Garden Not everyone knows the story of little Margaret Craven, but most people do know the story of Mary Lennox and Colin Craven who are now lying in the bottom of a graveyard somewhere... and it's up to Maisie to find out where. New chapters on Saturdays :)

In the early 1920s, Beatrice wonders why her crush, a veteran of the Great War, does not always seem to return her affections.

(coming soon) Set against the backdrop of late 19th and early 20th century Korea, amidst political upheavals and societal transformations, "The Royal Poet's Heart" follows the life of King Kim Tae-hyung of the Joseon Dynasty. Known for his love of literature and poetry, King Tae-hyung is drawn to the brilliant poet, Jeon Jungguk, whose verses captivate not only the king's mind but also his heart. "Your Majesty, I was thankful to be met by you.Our bond endured the tests of time, like the verses of a timeless poem, but the poem had to come at an end" said by Jeon Jungguk -1910- - Taehyung: (perusing a manuscript) "Who is the master behind these words? Such beauty, such depth... Bring me the poet responsible for this work." Courtier: "Your Majesty, that would be Jeon Jungguk, a rising star in literary circles." - "Yo-ur w-words, your presence has an au-ra nobody else does, you are a balm to my weary h-eart Mr. Jeon." Last words by "Tae-hyung" -1910-

A young woman with neither creed nor name awakens on a lakeshore with little knowledge of who or what she is. Her only guide the voices that ripple and roar, telling her to make haste to London. There she can find answers, she's sure of it. But plague, poverty and warring factions, some not too unfamiliar, make hell of the city and monsters of those who live in it. Whilst her dreams taunt her with fragments of her past, her newfound abilities make it increasingly difficult to hold on to the present. Follow Ava as she tries to uncover the truth about herself, her family and those she once loved all while the walls of death and pestilence close in around her. Set in the universe of Don't Nod Entertainment's 2018 game 'Vampyr'.

I was just a chauffeur, nothing more than an Irish man with impossibly high dreams, but she was willing to give up everything for me, her status, her family, even her country. I spent every day mulling about our country house, engaging in conversations with my sisters on pointless topics and entertaining admirers over our evening dinners, but I found my life filled when I met him, a man who shared my political interests, my hopes of change in the future and who made me feel warm inside with a simple glance. Set during series 1 (March 1912)

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Marigold Aldaine, a teenager living in the Edwardian era longs for a life where she and all the other women get the right. The right to be able to vote. She lives in a wealthy household with her little sister, Daisy and little brother Roger and she lives in fear of her rude and sometimes drunkenly violent father. But her life takes a turn when she hears her mother is a suffragette. »»-----°•♡•°-----«« A tale of Romance, Determination, Freedom and Rebellion. *most streets, shops and stuff similar are fictional, but all the suffrage related events are real* 🥇achievements🥇 Number one in #suffragette

On a decent day in mid winter, kind hearted single mother Shizu Shinazugawa, who had become a widower two years earlier, and her seven children, thirteen year old boy Sanemi, eight year old boy Genya, six year old girl Sumi, five year old girl Teiko, four year old boy Hiroshi, three year old boy Shuya and two year old boy Koto, receive a surprise visit outside their house from the demon king a hour and a half before sunrise. The demon king then captures Shizu and teleports away with her, later imprisoning her in an abandoned temple acting as a gateway to his stronghold. Terrified to have witnessed the capture of their mother, the Shinazugawa siblings leave their home with their belongings tightly secured in bags and a wooden cart. Five years later, Sanemi, now eighteen, and his girlfriend of eleven and a half months Kanae Kocho, who is also eighteen and had been forced to retire from being a demon slayer a year earlier, and mission partner Masachika Kumeno, who is older than Sanemi, are sent alongside Genya, who is now thirteen, to the mountaintop home of the Kamado family to defend them from the demon king and get there in time to stop him from killing seven of its eight members, Tanjuro, his wife Kie and five of their six children, thirteen year old triplets Nezuko, Takeo and Hanako, eleven year old boy Shigeru and ten year old boy Rokuta, while the couple's oldest child Sumiko, who is eighteen just like Sanemi and Kanae are, is away from home. This leads to Genya and Hanako right away falling in love with one another. After getting home the following morning, Sumiko opens the front doors to discover the four people outside the Kamado family's home with her parents and younger siblings trying to help them move past what had happened the night before and quickly learns of the occurrence from them. Deeply grateful to them for this, she and her siblings agree to go with Sanemi, Masachika, Kanae and Genya.

The story begins in 1913, Europe is boiling up politically from Serbia all the way to England, a war is on its way. Grace, a 17-year-old lady living with her family in London has to adapt to the changing times. She understands that the coming war is only the beginning of an unstoppable change. For a girl that never felt like she belonged to the privileged life, she was brought up in, she only has one goal: survive in a bruised society that doesn't fit her anymore. On the other side, William is a young man that just lost his father and like so many will have to face an obstacle growing up and take on the heavy responsibility and of the titles that he inherited. Their meeting is the beginning of an epic of two worlds and opposite views and diverging spirits.

"Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey." -Lord Byron In the rural hills of 1910 smokey England, Florence Wright is working two jobs. One as a seamstresses assistant, and the other as a barmaid at the local inn. Being the sole earner, for her ailing mother, she's rather under a lot of pressure at the moment. So when news of two visiting gentleman arrives, apparently lords going to stay with the residential Lord and Lady Abernathy, she's not too interested. The Abernathy family has been in mourning since their beloved dowager countess passed in the spring, and any movement now from the dormant family is practically hot gossip in the village. Alas, Florence remains firmly: unbothered. Well, as unbothered as you can be when you work for the seamstress that makes the Lady's dresses, and get first hand glimpses at the visiting Lords. One of which who is a lot... nicer, than most. Work in progress story | Romance | Set in the 1910s |

In the heart of 1913 Washington, a quiet domestic life unravels into horror and scandal. The narrator, a devoted wife and mother, watches her world collapse as her husband is arrested and condemned for unspeakable crimes. Alone and shunned, she must navigate grief, shame, and survival while raising her children in a city eager to forget but never forgiving. A haunting exploration of loss, resilience, and the ghosts that linger long after the scaffold falls, Shadows on Pennsylvania Avenue traces the life of a woman trapped between duty, love, and despair-ultimately leading her to a final, irrevocable choice.

𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗁𝗎𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝖷 𝗀𝗇!𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗋 ──── ▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬, 𝗬/𝗡 𝗟/𝗡, 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗄𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖻𝗈𝖺𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 '𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁'. 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 18𝗍𝗁 𝖻𝗂𝗋𝗍𝗁𝖽𝖺𝗒, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗋𝗎𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖸/𝖭 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝗎𝗇 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗌𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖻𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌, 𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗂 𝗌𝖺𝗒 '𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒'.

this story is about a monster who is locked up but then all of a sudden hes attached to a human

Monty and Henry are as different as it gets: one is an insatiable New York partygoer and another is a modest English professor. One knows every sinful corner of the city and another had never been in a relationship before. Yet the Titanic tragedy brings them together, forever

Twenty-four years after her marriage to the Baron of Sweehold, Karina returns to the manor that shaped and nearly ruined her life. The gardens are as still as ever, the clock in the hall still ticks too slowly, and the brandy still tastes of something bitter. As she moves through the house's polished halls, she finds herself walking the fine line between memory and reckoning.