History Literature / ExtraordinaryAdventuresOfTheAthenaClub

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Not only are the members of the Athena Club connected to [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde four]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter works]] of [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Victorian]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Literature]], but they also recruit the help of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and interact with characters from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'', Literature/TheJewelOfSevenStars, Literature/TheGreatGodPan and [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]]. Passing references are made to the past in-Verse existence of Literature/MelmothTheWanderer and [[Literature/TheVampyre Lord Ruthven]].

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Not only are the members of the Athena Club connected to [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde four]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter works]] of [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Victorian]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Literature]], but they also recruit the help of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and interact with characters from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'', Literature/TheJewelOfSevenStars, Literature/TheGreatGodPan and [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]]. Passing references are made to the in-Verse existence of Literature/MelmothTheWanderer and [[Literature/TheVampyre Lord Ruthven]].

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Not only are the members of the Athena Club connected to [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde four]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter works]] of [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Victorian]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Literature]], but they also recruit the help of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and interact with characters from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'', Literature/TheJewelOfSevenStars, Literature/TheGreatGodPan and [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]].

* FiveManBand: The Athena Club
** TheLeader: Mary Jekyll, the most logical and organized of the group and the one who brought them all together.
** TheLancer: Diana Hyde, Mary's sister and {{Foil}}.
** TheSmartGuy: Catherine Moreau, possessing a combination of book smarts and animal cunning.
** TheBigGuy: Justine Frankenstein, the largest and strongest member of the group.
** TheChick: Beatrice Rappaccini, the most traditionally feminine and empathetic member. She also serves as TheMedic.
** TheSixthRanger: Lucinda Van Helsing and Alice Raymond.

* MasterOfUnlocking: Diana is a skilled lock pick and is called upon multiple times to get passed locked doors, and she never fails even once.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Not only are the members of the Athena Club connected to [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde four]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter works]] of [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Victorian]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Literature]], but they also recruit the help of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and interact with characters from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'', Literature/TheJewelOfSevenStars, and Literature/TheGreatGodPan.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Not only are the members of the Athena Club connected to [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde four]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter works]] of [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Victorian]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Literature]], but they also recruit the help of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and interact with characters from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', ''Literature/{{Carmilla}}'', Literature/TheJewelOfSevenStars, and Literature/TheGreatGodPan.

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* Literature/TheSinisterMysteryOfTheMesmerizingGirl (2019)

* Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfTheAlchemistsDaughter (2017) "SCAD"
* Literature/EuropeanTravelForTheMonstrousGentlewoman (2018) "ETMG"
* Literature/TheSinisterMysteryOfTheMesmerizingGirl (2019) "SMMG"

* Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfTheAlchemistsDaughter (2017)
* Literature/EuropeanTravelForTheMonstrousGentlewoman (2018)
* Literature/TheSinisterMysteryOfTheMesmerizingGirl (2019)

* Literature/TheSinisterMysteryOfTheMesmerizingGirl (2019)

!Tropes Prevalent Across the Whole Series

* ExtraordinaryAdventuresOfTheAthenaClub/Tropes

!Tropes Prevalent Across the Whole Series

!Tropes Prevalent Across the Whole Series

* FictionalDocument: Catherine has two series of novels, her Astarte books, and the ones about the Athena Club.
* FiveManBand: The Athena Club
** TheLeader: Mary Jekyll, the most logical and organized of the group and the one who brought them all together.
** TheLancer: Diana Hyde, Mary's sister and {{Foil}}.
** TheSmartGuy: Catherine Moreau, possessing a combination of book smarts and animal cunning.
** TheBigGuy: Justine Frankenstein, the largest and strongest member of the group.
** TheChick: Beatrice Rappaccini, the most traditionally feminine and empathetic member. She also serves as TheMedic.
* ForegoneConclusion: Any character who writes a note in the book survives the events of the story, as they wouldn't be around to leave the note if they didn't.
* FramingDevice: The story is being told as Catherine's latest novel, with the other characters writing notes either criticising her work or commenting on events.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Despite being raised apart for most of their lives, Mary and Diana quickly fall into this.
* GreekChorus: Thanks to the FramingDevice of the story, the Athena Club function as a version of this, writing notes on Catherine's manuscript commenting on the events of the story.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: The Athena Club is exclusively made up of examples of this trope.
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Not only are the members of the Athena Club and their allies connected to [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde six]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter works]] [[Literature/{{Dracula}} of]] [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau famous]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Victorian]] [[Literature/TheGreatGodPan Literature], but they also recruit the help of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and interact with characters from Literature/{{She}}, Literature/{{Carmilla}}, and Literature/TheJewelOfSevenStars.
* MeaningfulName: The Athena Club is named as a reference to the fact that the goddess Athena was born from Zeus' head, in much the same way the members of the club are products of their fathers' minds.
* NoodleIncident: The girls will occassionaly reference later adventures in their notes, without giving any context to the reader.
* RecursiveFiction:
** ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'' exists within the story's universe, where it is only partially fictional and known as ''Frankenstein: A Biography of the Modern Prometheus.''
** ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' exists as a story in this universe, as well as several works by Creator/CharlesDickens.
* VictorianLondon: The first and third books are more or less a grand tour of London at the end of the 19th century.
* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: In their notes, some of the girls express doubt that anyone would want to read about their adventures.

* VictorianLondon: The story is more or less a grand tour of London at the end of the 19th century.

** ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland exists as a story in this universe, as well as several works by Creator/CharlesDickens.

* Literature/TheSinisterMysteryOfTheMesmerizingGirl (2019)

* Literature/TheSinisterMysteryOfTheMesmerizingGirl (2019)

!! These books provide examples of:

* AdaptationalHeroism:
** Mirroring the [[AdaptationalVillainy depiction of the original novel's heroes]], Dracula appears in a heroic role, though he does have a sordid past.
** Similarly, Literature/{{Carmilla}} is a much more heroic character.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Virtually all of the heroes from Literature/{{Dracula}} are villains in these novels, seeking out any means to achieve immortality or the rule of the British Empire.
* FramingDevice: The stories are being told as Catherine's latest novels, with the other characters writing notes either criticising her work or commenting on events.
* ForegoneConclusion: Any character who writes a note in the book survives the events of the story, as they wouldn't be around to leave the note if they didn't.
* GreekChorus: Thanks to the FramingDevice of the story, the Athena Club function as a version of this, writing notes on Catherine's manuscript commenting on the events of the story.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: The Athena Club is exclusively made up of examples of this trope.
* MeaningfulName: The Athena Club is named as a reference to the fact that the goddess Athena was born from Zeus' head, in much the same way the members of the club are products of their fathers' minds.
* NoodleIncident: The girls will occassionaly reference later adventures in their notes, without giving any context to the reader.
* VictorianLondon: The story is more or less a grand tour of London at the end of the 19th century.

* AdaptationalVillany: Virtually all of the heroes from Literature/{{Dracula}} are villains in these novels, seeking out any means to achieve immortality or the rule of the British Empire.

* Literature/TheSinisterMysteryOfTheMesmerizingGirl (2019)

* Literature/TheSinisterMysteryOfTheMesmerizingGirl (To be released October 2019)

A series of ScienceFiction, MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[MysteryFiction mystery]] novels written by Theodora Goss as expansions on her short story, [[http://strangehorizons.com/2010/20100118/daughter-f.shtml "The Mad Scientist's Daughter."]]

A series of ScienceFiction, MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, [[MysteryFiction mystery]] novels written by Theodora Goss as expansions on her short story, [[http://strangehorizons.com/2010/20100118/daughter-f.shtml "The Mad Scientist's Daughter."]]