The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls (edit title/settings)

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• Emilie Autumn: (Current) Heroine of Asylum in the current era.
• Emily (also known as "Emily with a Y"): (Victorian) Heroine of Asylum in the Victorian era. Red-haired. Nicknamed "Valentine" for the heart-shaped scar on her cheek. Called Emily with a "y" as a reference to Autumn's name being spelled with an "ie."
• Dr. Stockhill: (Victorian) Lead doctor at the Asylum. Son of Madame Mournington.
• Dr. Sharpe: (Current) Doctor at the mental ward who shows an interest in Emilie.
• Violet: (Current) Recovering drug addict.
• S___: (Current) Unnamed boyfriend from Emilie's notebook.
• J___: (Current) Unnamed friend from Emilie's notebook who throws out her "tools."
• Madame Mournington: (Victorian) Headmistress of the Asylum.
• Sir Edward: (Victorian) Lead rat
• Chloe: (Current) Fellow inmate of Emilie
• Basil: (Victorian) Rat
• Anne: (Victorian) Maid who works with Emily.
• Christelle: (Victorian) Fellow inmate who spins in circles.
• Sachico: Add a description of this character.
• Veronica
• Jolie Rouge (aka Captain): (Victorian) Fellow inmate. Has lush black hair. Wears a three-cornered paper hat. Has others call her "Captain."

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• “I'm not stupid. I know exactly what's going on, and I'm not fighting it. If I have to go through this, I will glean from it any small benefit I can receive. I will not fight this. Bring it on. Bring on the cure. Bring on the fucking happy. I'm committed.”

  Emilie Autumn

• “It gives me strength to have somebody to fight for; I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.”

  Emilie Autumn

• “I only sleep with people I love, which is why I have insomnia.”

  Emilie Autumn

• “History written in pencil is easily erased, but Crayon is forever.”

  Emilie Autumn

• “If leeches ate peaches instead of my blood, then I would be free to drink tea in the mud!”

  Emilie Autumn

• “It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take his own life first. In fact, this act has been encouraged for centuries, and is accepted even now as an honorable reason to do the deed. How is it any different when you are under attack by your own mind?”

  Emilie Autumn

• “I am my heart’s undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin, and bury it in the depths of my memory, only to have to do it all again tomorrow.”

  Emilie Autumn

• “Perfume was first created to mask the stench of foul and offensive odors... Spices and and bold flavorings were created to mask the taste of putrid and rotting meat... What then was music created for? Was it to drown out the voices of others, or the voices within ourselves? I think I know.”

  Emilie Autumn

• “What's the big fucking deal? Lots of amazing people have committed suicide, and they turned out alright.”

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• “Awareness is the enemy of sanity, for once you hear the screaming, it never stops.”

  Emilie Autumn

• “If you want to be safe, walk in the middle of the street.”

  Emilie Autumn

• “Death and I have been scandelously intimate for quite some time now.”

Organizations edit see section history

• The Conservatoire for Unfortunate Girls: A music conservatory that searches for and takes in poor, young, female musicians to be trained. HIdes a much darker and more sinister secret.
• The Asylum For Wayward Victorian Girls: A mental health facility run by Madame Mournington and her son, Dr. Montgomery Stockhill, which unfurls for Emily a world of terror.
• The Striped Stocking Society: A group of Emily's fellow inmates devoted to the protection and preservation of the other girls in the Asylum, led by Captain Jolie Rouge.

First Sentence edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Emilie Autumn (Author)

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

The youngest I'd say should read this book is extremely mature high schoolers or, in some cases, eighth graders with a good understanding of reality. Very graphic, very dark, deals prominently with sexual abuse and suicide. If it's a kid who could handle Lolita, give them this, too.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Arts & Literature › Composers & Musicians
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Horror › British
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Medical

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Emilie Autumn's Main Website
• The Asylum Forum (No Spoilers): Spoilers in the "Spoilers" subforum.

More Books Like This edit see section history