Detective Mary

Mary, a young woman from the twenty-first century, transmigrates to nineteenth-century Victorian England and discovers that her family is exceptionally complicated:

Her eldest sister is gentle and virtuous, and married a handsome millionaire.

Her second sister is independent and clever, and married a fabulously handsome billionaire.

Her youngest sister is innocent and carefree, and was tricked into eloping by a handsome but dimwitted army officer.

Her fourth sister is stubbornly deluded, still dreaming that she'll meet a dimwitted army officer of her own.

Elizabeth, now Mrs. Darcy, is especially worried about her two remaining sisters. What will become of them? Especially Mary, the third sister: she's plain-looking and a bookworm. What if some rake takes advantage of her?

Mary pats her chest. "Don't worry, Second Sister. The man I love is learned, has a sense of justice, and is the cleverest man in all of England. He's incredibly sexy, too. I wouldn't give an ordinary man a second glance!"

Far away in London, Mr. Sherlock Holmes sneezes violently. "??? The weather's a little cold. Better hurry up with the investigation."

The heroine grows over time. At first, she'll make mistakes, do foolish things, and think she's always right. She will recognize her problems, but the process will be full of twists and turns. Ladies who want a perfect heroine whose beauty stuns the world, I'm sorry, but this isn't for you.

A few things to know before reading:

1. The main characters include characters and settings from Pride and Prejudice and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, as well as works by Agatha Christie, Dickens, Lovecraft, and others.

2. The timeline has been adjusted. Sherlock Holmes's era is the reference point, and the events of Pride and Prejudice are moved forward by a hundred years to the Victorian era. The timelines of other classics have also been slightly adjusted.

3. The author is illiterate. Sorry, please don't yell at me.

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[Jianghua's next upcoming novel] A Writer in the Nineteenth Century

"A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." Virginia Woolf said so.

Katherine Ruskin, who transmigrates to nineteenth-century England, finally understands the weight of those words.

In her previous life, she was a renowned mystery writer. Now she is stuck in London a century ago:

Her family is on the verge of bankruptcy. Her honest father is terribly unlucky, and her mother does nothing but pressure her to marry. Her beautiful eldest sister is a hopeless romantic, determined to dump her fiance and marry the army officer she loves. Her younger sister is upright but rather old-fashioned, and at sixteen the neighbors already say she'll grow into an old maid.

Caught in the middle, Katherine feels the pressure. After much thought, she decides that writing is her only way out.

Armed with the modern writing techniques of the twenty-first century, she makes her way from a country estate to London and finally finds her footing in the literary world. Every time a new book of hers comes out, lines form outside the bookshops, newspapers compete to feature her on their front pages, and all of London is swept up in the excitement.

Charles Christie despises his fiancee's family.

He is engaged to the eldest Ruskin daughter, but they can't stand each other: he thinks she's frivolous, and she thinks he's an old fossil. But his father won't allow them to break off the engagement, and the Ruskins are on the verge of bankruptcy. This marriage is their only chance to turn things around.

Troubled Charles finds solace in a serialized story by an author called "George Bell." Many critics accuse the writer of chasing cheap attention and producing worthless work. But Charles, renowned for his refined learning, defends the author alone, even going so far as to argue with the entire literary world.

Until the identity of "George Bell" is revealed: it is Katherine, the second daughter of the fiancee's family he hates most.

Katherine: "I'm sorry my sister has caused you trouble, sir, but she has someone she loves. You can end your engagement."

Charles fixes his gaze on Katherine. "...As it happens, Miss, I think I've found someone I love, too."

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