A Passerby in Victorian Times

(Early cringe-worthy writing, please be kind.) That said, this really is a story about a modern Chinese girl who transmigrates to Victorian-era England and wins the heart of a handsome aristocrat. Even though beneath London's Victorian splendor lies decay, even though the shadow of Jack the Ripper looms over 1888, even though... the Ripper is right nearby.

Main reference materials:

Books: A Study of Social Stratification in Victorian London, Becoming a Victorian, Inhabitants of the Abyss, Trauma, The Road to Wigan Pier, Madame Bovary

Films: From Hell, American Psycho, Chinatown 1871

Original blurb:

"In Victorian England, the glow of prosperity cannot reach London's East End. The Ripper's blade dismembers one streetwalker after another as they wander the streets at night, and the shadow of death follows close behind. No one wants to meet [him] in the foggy Victorian night. They are kind-hearted idealists from the aristocratic quarter; they are the lowest of streetwalkers, struggling to survive at the bottom; they are detectives at the police station, anxiously poring over the scant evidence; and I am a visitor to the Victorian age."

(There are lots of plot holes. For instance, the dates of the Ripper's second and third murders don't match the historical record. In the story, the setting is fictionalized so that they do.)

Theme: Those born into the lower classes should not have to apologize for it