Thời Victoria

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Thời Victoria Tóm tắt sách

An Ideal Husband

của Oscar Wilde • 1893

A blackmailer holds a politician's secret sin and demands a corrupt vote in return for silence.

4.01

44.000+

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🏛️ Political Scandal ✉️ Blackmail Plot 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🏙️ Victorian London

An Ideal Husband

A blackmailer holds a politician's secret sin and demands a corrupt vote in return for silence.

của Oscar Wilde 1893 78 trang

4.01

44.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🏛️ Political Scandal ✉️ Blackmail Plot 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🏙️ Victorian London

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

của Andrew Lycett • 2007

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

3.91

299

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction 👻 Spiritualism ⭐ Literary Celebrity

The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes

Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.

của Andrew Lycett 2007 825 trang

3.91

299 đánh giá

📚 Literary Biography 👑 Victorian England 🔍 Detective Fiction 👻 Spiritualism ⭐ Literary Celebrity

The Five

của Hallie Rubenhold • 2019

Jack the Ripper killed five women. The label pinned on three of them was a lie.

4.09

69.000+

🏙️ Victorian London 📖 Social History ✊ Feminist History 👩 Forgotten Women 🔪 Feminist True Crime

The Five

Jack the Ripper killed five women. The label pinned on three of them was a lie.

của Hallie Rubenhold 2019 352 trang

4.09

69.000+ đánh giá

🏙️ Victorian London 📖 Social History ✊ Feminist History 👩 Forgotten Women 🔪 Feminist True Crime

The Invisible Woman

của Claire Tomalin • 1990

Dickens's mistress married a clergyman at 44, claiming to be 30. He never knew.

3.75

1.000+

🎭 Victorian Theatre 👩‍🎤 Women In Theatre 🤫 Secret Lives 🧹 Historical Erasure 🎪 Theatrical Dynasties

The Invisible Woman

Dickens's mistress married a clergyman at 44, claiming to be 30. He never knew.

của Claire Tomalin 1990 384 trang

3.75

1.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Victorian Theatre 👩‍🎤 Women In Theatre 🤫 Secret Lives 🧹 Historical Erasure 🎪 Theatrical Dynasties

Ordinary Monsters

của J.M. Miro • 2022

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

3.77

22.000+

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

Ordinary Monsters

Gifted orphans find safety in a Scottish manor built upon a door to the dead.

của J.M. Miro 2022 672 trang

3.77

22.000+ đánh giá

🏚️ Gothic Fantasy 🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Sinister Institution 🛡️ Reluctant Protector 🌑 Dark Destiny

The Old Curiosity Shop

của Charles Dickens • 2001

An orphan steals her gambler grandfather from London, seeking refuge in the English countryside.

3.79

24.000+

🧒 Child Caretaker 🛤️ Picaresque Journey 👹 Grotesque Villain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian England 🌃 London Underworld

The Old Curiosity Shop

An orphan steals her gambler grandfather from London, seeking refuge in the English countryside.

của Charles Dickens 2001 576 trang

3.79

24.000+ đánh giá

🧒 Child Caretaker 🛤️ Picaresque Journey 👹 Grotesque Villain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian England 🌃 London Underworld

The Forsyth Saga

của John Galsworthy • 1921

A possessive husband drives his wife away. A generation later, their children fall in love.

4.19

20.000+

🌳 Family Saga 🎭 Social Critique 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Obsessive Love ⛓️ Generational Conflict

The Forsyth Saga

A possessive husband drives his wife away. A generation later, their children fall in love.

của John Galsworthy 1921

4.19

20.000+ đánh giá

🌳 Family Saga 🎭 Social Critique 💔 Forbidden Love 🔒 Obsessive Love ⛓️ Generational Conflict

The Time Machine / The Invisible Man

của H.G. Wells • 2007

A time traveler finds a future where humans are prey. An invisible man terrorizes Victorian England.

4.10

56.000+

🧪 Mad Scientist 🥩 Human Livestock ⚠️ Cautionary Tale 🎭 Social Allegory 🦇 Gothic Sci-Fi

The Time Machine / The Invisible Man

A time traveler finds a future where humans are prey. An invisible man terrorizes Victorian England.

của H.G. Wells 2007 288 trang

4.10

56.000+ đánh giá

🧪 Mad Scientist 🥩 Human Livestock ⚠️ Cautionary Tale 🎭 Social Allegory 🦇 Gothic Sci-Fi

The Butchering Art

của Lindsey Fitzharris • 2017

Surgery was a death sentence until Joseph Lister found the invisible killer: germs.

4.30

23.000+

🏥 Medical History 💉 Victorian Medicine 🦠 Germ Theory 🔬 Scientific Revolution 🧪 Medical Breakthroughs

The Butchering Art

Surgery was a death sentence until Joseph Lister found the invisible killer: germs.

của Lindsey Fitzharris 2017 304 trang

4.30

23.000+ đánh giá

🏥 Medical History 💉 Victorian Medicine 🦠 Germ Theory 🔬 Scientific Revolution 🧪 Medical Breakthroughs

The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering

của T. O'Conor Sloane • 2009

An electrical engineering dictionary from the year the ether was real and the electron unknown.

3.08

137

⚡ Electrical Engineering 📖 Scientific Dictionaries 🔌 History Of Electricity 📏 Electrical Measurement 📡 Telegraphy

The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering

An electrical engineering dictionary from the year the ether was real and the electron unknown.

của T. O'Conor Sloane 2009 1590 trang

3.08

137 đánh giá

⚡ Electrical Engineering 📖 Scientific Dictionaries 🔌 History Of Electricity 📏 Electrical Measurement 📡 Telegraphy

The Hunter

của Kerrigan Byrne • 2016

A hired assassin sent to murder a celebrated actress instead becomes her only protector.

4.08

9.000+

🗡️ Assassin Hero 🖤 Scarred Hero 🕯️ Victorian Underworld 🛡️ Mother Protecting Child 💀 Touch Her And Die

The Hunter

A hired assassin sent to murder a celebrated actress instead becomes her only protector.

của Kerrigan Byrne 2016 412 trang

4.08

9.000+ đánh giá

🗡️ Assassin Hero 🖤 Scarred Hero 🕯️ Victorian Underworld 🛡️ Mother Protecting Child 💀 Touch Her And Die

Master of His Fate

của Barbara Taylor Bradford • 2018

A barrow boy and heiress pursue ambition through commerce, loss, and love in Victorian London.

3.75

3.000+

🏛️ Victorian Family Saga 📈 Rags To Riches 💼 Self-Made Hero 👩‍💼 Independent Heroine 💔 Tragic Romance

Master of His Fate

A barrow boy and heiress pursue ambition through commerce, loss, and love in Victorian London.

của Barbara Taylor Bradford 2018 400 trang

3.75

3.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Victorian Family Saga 📈 Rags To Riches 💼 Self-Made Hero 👩‍💼 Independent Heroine 💔 Tragic Romance

Sylvie and Bruno

của Lewis Carroll • 1889

When schemers depose a fairy king, his daughter and son resist with only their compassion.

3.39

1.000+

🧚 Fairy Tale Fantasy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian England 🌐 Dual World Narrative 👫 Sibling Duo 🎭 Political Satire

Sylvie and Bruno

When schemers depose a fairy king, his daughter and son resist with only their compassion.

của Lewis Carroll 1889 204 trang

3.39

1.000+ đánh giá

🧚 Fairy Tale Fantasy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian England 🌐 Dual World Narrative 👫 Sibling Duo 🎭 Political Satire

The Demon Lover

của Victoria Holt • 1982

A Victorian miniaturist secretly paints a baron and becomes the prize he refuses to surrender.

3.61

2.000+

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Dangerous Older Man 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🌫️ Brooding Atmosphere

The Demon Lover

A Victorian miniaturist secretly paints a baron and becomes the prize he refuses to surrender.

của Victoria Holt 1982 305 trang

3.61

2.000+ đánh giá

🕯️ Gothic Romance 🖤 Dangerous Older Man 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🌫️ Brooding Atmosphere

An Enemy of the People

của Henrik Ibsen • 1882

The town's healing waters are poison. The doctor who proves it becomes the enemy.

3.87

15.000+

🎭 Political Drama 📢 Whistleblower's Dilemma 👥 Mob Rule 🏘️ Small Town Hypocrisy 🏛️ Corrupt Power Structures

An Enemy of the People

The town's healing waters are poison. The doctor who proves it becomes the enemy.

của Henrik Ibsen 1882 160 trang

3.87

15.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Political Drama 📢 Whistleblower's Dilemma 👥 Mob Rule 🏘️ Small Town Hypocrisy 🏛️ Corrupt Power Structures

Silas Marner

của George Eliot • 1861

A lonely weaver hoards gold until a child in the snow shows him what truly matters.

3.70

94.000+

🐑 Pastoral Fiction 🏠 Found Family 🕊️ Redemption Arc 🤫 Secret Parentage ⚖️ False Accusation

Silas Marner

A lonely weaver hoards gold until a child in the snow shows him what truly matters.

của George Eliot 1861 262 trang

3.70

94.000+ đánh giá

🐑 Pastoral Fiction 🏠 Found Family 🕊️ Redemption Arc 🤫 Secret Parentage ⚖️ False Accusation

The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse

của Frances Welch • 2024

Victoria's four Hesse granddaughters: two married Romanovs, revolutionaries killed both.

4.19

500+

🌍 Imperial Russia 👑 Romanov Dynasty 📚 Group Biography 🏰 Court Intrigue ⚡ Revolutionary Russia

The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse

Victoria's four Hesse granddaughters: two married Romanovs, revolutionaries killed both.

của Frances Welch 2024 303 trang

4.19

500+ đánh giá

🌍 Imperial Russia 👑 Romanov Dynasty 📚 Group Biography 🏰 Court Intrigue ⚡ Revolutionary Russia

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

của Beth Brower • 2024

A Victorian diarist's fortune: two loves. But gossip and a friend's crisis test her guarded heart.

4.73

29.000+

📖 Epistolary Journal 🫂 Found Family Quartet 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🩹 Wounded Hero

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

A Victorian diarist's fortune: two loves. But gossip and a friend's crisis test her guarded heart.

của Beth Brower 2024 339 trang

4.73

29.000+ đánh giá

📖 Epistolary Journal 🫂 Found Family Quartet 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Love Triangle 🩹 Wounded Hero

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

của Beth Brower • 2023

A sharp-tongued orphan and her scarred tenant dare to consider love, risking scandal and heartbreak.

4.72

31.000+

📖 Fictional Diary 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

A sharp-tongued orphan and her scarred tenant dare to consider love, risking scandal and heartbreak.

của Beth Brower 2023 313 trang

4.72

31.000+ đánh giá

📖 Fictional Diary 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Found Family 💬 Witty Banter

Rules for Ruin

của Mimi Matthews • 2025

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

3.95

6.000+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

Rules for Ruin

An orphan spy must destroy a politician. The slum-born king she's falling for needs him alive.

của Mimi Matthews 2025 400 trang

3.95

6.000+ đánh giá

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏙️ Victorian London ⚖️ Women's Rights 🏚️ Rookery Underworld 🕵️ Undercover Mission

The Duke Undone

của Joanna Lowell • 2021

A struggling artist paints a naked duke; scandal binds them in a bargain neither can afford.

3.62

5.000+

🎨 Artist Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏛️ Class Difference 🎭 Secret Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Duke Undone

A struggling artist paints a naked duke; scandal binds them in a bargain neither can afford.

của Joanna Lowell 2021 363 trang

3.62

5.000+ đánh giá

🎨 Artist Heroine 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏛️ Class Difference 🎭 Secret Identity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love

của Alice Murphy • 2025

A historian unearths a showgirl's affair, colliding with the heir who wants its secrets buried.

3.64

500+

⏳ Dual Timeline 💃 Plus-Size Heroine 📚 Historian Heroine 💰 Billionaire Hero 🎭 Secret Identity

A Showgirl's Rules for Falling in Love

A historian unearths a showgirl's affair, colliding with the heir who wants its secrets buried.

của Alice Murphy 2025 400 trang

3.64

500+ đánh giá

⏳ Dual Timeline 💃 Plus-Size Heroine 📚 Historian Heroine 💰 Billionaire Hero 🎭 Secret Identity

The Black Country

của Alex Grecian • 2013

A missing family. A sinking village. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a bogeyman locals believe in.

3.74

7.000+

🔍 Victorian Mystery 🌲 Folk Horror Atmosphere 🏘️ Village Secrets ⛏️ Mining Community 👧 Creepy Children

The Black Country

A missing family. A sinking village. Two Scotland Yard detectives and a bogeyman locals believe in.

của Alex Grecian 2013 384 trang

3.74

7.000+ đánh giá

🔍 Victorian Mystery 🌲 Folk Horror Atmosphere 🏘️ Village Secrets ⛏️ Mining Community 👧 Creepy Children

Love Is Blind

của William Boyd • 2018

When a piano tuner falls for a virtuoso's mistress, her husband pursues them across Europe.

3.98

8.000+

🎼 Classical Music World 💔 Forbidden Love 🧳 Exile And Displacement 🕰️ Belle éPoque 🎭 Artistic Obsession

Love Is Blind

When a piano tuner falls for a virtuoso's mistress, her husband pursues them across Europe.

của William Boyd 2018 384 trang

3.98

8.000+ đánh giá

🎼 Classical Music World 💔 Forbidden Love 🧳 Exile And Displacement 🕰️ Belle éPoque 🎭 Artistic Obsession

A Perilous Undertaking

của Deanna Raybourn • 2017

A lepidopterist and her partner race through London's vice dens to prove a condemned man innocent.

4.09

34.000+

🕵️ Victorian Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🔬 Female Scientist Lead 💬 Witty Banter

A Perilous Undertaking

A lepidopterist and her partner race through London's vice dens to prove a condemned man innocent.

của Deanna Raybourn 2017 338 trang

4.09

34.000+ đánh giá

🕵️ Victorian Murder Mystery 🔍 Amateur Sleuth Duo 💕 Slow Burn Romance 🔬 Female Scientist Lead 💬 Witty Banter

The Luminaries

của Eleanor Catton • 2013

Thirteen strangers in a gold-rush town keep secrets, but a dead hermit's fortune won't stay buried.

3.75

86.000+

⛏️ Gold Rush 🕯️ Victorian Mystery 👥 Doppelgangers 🫂 Found Family 🎭 False Identities

The Luminaries

Thirteen strangers in a gold-rush town keep secrets, but a dead hermit's fortune won't stay buried.

của Eleanor Catton 2013 848 trang

3.75

86.000+ đánh giá

⛏️ Gold Rush 🕯️ Victorian Mystery 👥 Doppelgangers 🫂 Found Family 🎭 False Identities

The Silence Factory

của Bridget Collins • 2024

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

3.42

4.000+

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

The Silence Factory

Seeking silence for his grief, a widower finds a factory where spiders spin refuge and ruin.

của Bridget Collins 2024 384 trang

3.42

4.000+ đánh giá

🔗 Industrial Gothic 👻 Victorian Gothic 🕸️ Cursed Artifact 💔 Forbidden Queer Desire 🤫 Silenced Voices

How to Love a Duke in Ten Days

của Kerrigan Byrne • 2019

To escape blackmail, a scholar marries a scarred duke, trading her fortune for his protection.

4.12

8.000+

🤝 Marriage Of Convenience 🥀 Beauty And The Beast 💔 Trauma Recovery 👯 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

How to Love a Duke in Ten Days

To escape blackmail, a scholar marries a scarred duke, trading her fortune for his protection.

của Kerrigan Byrne 2019 440 trang

4.12

8.000+ đánh giá

🤝 Marriage Of Convenience 🥀 Beauty And The Beast 💔 Trauma Recovery 👯 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn

Arthur & George

của Julian Barnes • 2005

After a solicitor is wrongly imprisoned, the creator of Sherlock Holmes turns detective to free him.

3.73

19.000+

🏛️ Wrongful Conviction 📖 Biographical Fiction 📚 Literary Crime 🔍 Amateur Detective 👥 Parallel Lives

Arthur & George

After a solicitor is wrongly imprisoned, the creator of Sherlock Holmes turns detective to free him.

của Julian Barnes 2005 147 trang

3.73

19.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Wrongful Conviction 📖 Biographical Fiction 📚 Literary Crime 🔍 Amateur Detective 👥 Parallel Lives

The Agency for Scandal

của Laura Wood • 2023

A Victorian wallflower spy falls for a duke who never notices her, until their missions collide.

4.23

5.000+

🔍 Women Spy Ring 🎭 Secret Identity ❤️ Slow Burn Romance 💍 Fake Relationship 👑 Class Differences

The Agency for Scandal

A Victorian wallflower spy falls for a duke who never notices her, until their missions collide.

của Laura Wood 2023 528 trang

4.23

5.000+ đánh giá

🔍 Women Spy Ring 🎭 Secret Identity ❤️ Slow Burn Romance 💍 Fake Relationship 👑 Class Differences

Poor Things

của Alasdair Gray • 1992

A drowned woman, rebuilt with an infant's brain, awakens to a world trying to own her.

3.92

43.000+

📜 Victorian Pastiche ✊ Feminist Revision 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Competing Narratives ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

Poor Things

A drowned woman, rebuilt with an infant's brain, awakens to a world trying to own her.

của Alasdair Gray 1992 317 trang

3.92

43.000+ đánh giá

📜 Victorian Pastiche ✊ Feminist Revision 🎭 Unreliable Narrator 📖 Competing Narratives ⚗️ Scientific Hubris

Charles Dickens

của Claire Tomalin • 2011

He hid a secret mistress, idealized dead girls, and read aloud until it killed him.

3.92

7.000+

📚 Literary Biography 🖋️ Victorian Authors 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌟 Literary Celebrity ✊ Social Reform

Charles Dickens

He hid a secret mistress, idealized dead girls, and read aloud until it killed him.

của Claire Tomalin 2011 527 trang

3.92

7.000+ đánh giá

📚 Literary Biography 🖋️ Victorian Authors 💔 Childhood Trauma 🌟 Literary Celebrity ✊ Social Reform

Wuthering Heights

của Wuthering Heights • 2021

Two children on the Yorkshire moors forge a bond so deep that death cannot sever it.

3.90

101

🏚️ Gothic Literature 🎩 Victorian Fiction 💔 Tragic Romance 🖤 Byronic Hero 🌫️ Psychological Landscapes

Wuthering Heights

Two children on the Yorkshire moors forge a bond so deep that death cannot sever it.

của Wuthering Heights 2021

3.90

101 đánh giá

🏚️ Gothic Literature 🎩 Victorian Fiction 💔 Tragic Romance 🖤 Byronic Hero 🌫️ Psychological Landscapes

Our Hideous Progeny

của C.E. McGill • 2023

Frankenstein's great-niece stitches life from fossils, but rivals will kill to steal her creation.

3.90

9.000+

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🔬 Victorian Women In Science ⚡ Scientific Hubris 🦴 Monstrous Creation 🏠 Found Family

Our Hideous Progeny

Frankenstein's great-niece stitches life from fossils, but rivals will kill to steal her creation.

của C.E. McGill 2023 400 trang

3.90

9.000+ đánh giá

🧟 Frankenstein Retelling 🔬 Victorian Women In Science ⚡ Scientific Hubris 🦴 Monstrous Creation 🏠 Found Family

Behold the Thief

của Laura Landon • 2019

Her double life protects women. His art shop hides a family conspiracy. Love could expose both.

4.39

170

🎭 Secret Identity 🏙️ Victorian London 💔 Class Divide Romance 🎨 Art Forgery 🫂 Found Family

Behold the Thief

Her double life protects women. His art shop hides a family conspiracy. Love could expose both.

của Laura Landon 2019 175 trang

4.39

170 đánh giá

🎭 Secret Identity 🏙️ Victorian London 💔 Class Divide Romance 🎨 Art Forgery 🫂 Found Family

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