---
title: "The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns"
description: "Toma Andrews, aged 14, has always felt like an outsider. She enjoys spending time in graveyards, and feels more comfortable among the dead than the living.  Tha"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/61/76461.jpg"
---

# The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns

![The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns](https://t.vndb.org/cv/61/76461.jpg)

**Developer:** ebi-hime

**Release date:** Oct 15, 2015

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, Website

**Language:** English, Spanish, Korean, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese (simplified)

**Rating:** 6.3/10 (332 votes)

## Description
Toma Andrews, aged 14, has always felt like an outsider. She enjoys spending time in graveyards, and feels more comfortable among the dead than the living.

That is, until Toma meets a strange girl in her local graveyard who might be a real ghost.

The girl asks Toma if she will stay for a while and listen to a story. A story about a girl called Emmeline Burns, who died a tragic death back in 1851.

Toma is compelled to listen, but at the same time, she feels uneasy. After all, what can she do? How could she ever hope to help somebody who has already died?

[From [official site](http://ebihime.itch.io/emmeline)]

## Characters
### Toma Andrews
The heroine. Toma's mother intended to call her Amelia, but this plan was scuppered after Aunt Kathryn 'stole' that name for her own daughter. As such, Toma was named after her Grandfather, Thomas.
Toma dislikes her name, and is jealous of her cousin, Amelia, for taking her 'real' name. She seems to believe that her ill-fitting name is the reason for her introverted nature, and often wonders how different her life would be if she had been called Amelia instead.

Toma enjoys spending time in graveyards, perhaps because of her mother's obsession with family history, and seems to instinctively 'know' where to find specific graves.

This skill made her very useful during her mother's search for the final resting places of their long-dead relatives.

[From [url=http://ebihime.itch.io/emmeline]official site[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Aliases:** Amelia, Verity
- **Hair:** White, Shoulder-length, Parted to Side, Braided Headband
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Sweater, Headband, Skirt, Shorts, Pendant Necklace, Ribbon Tie, Clothing with Ribbons, Choker, Off-The-Shoulder Shirt, Blazer
- **Eyes:** Violet
- **Personality:** Shy, Envious, Wise
- **Role:** Friend, High School Student
- **Subject of:** Possession

### Cornelia Linton
Emmeline's neighbour and teenage crush.

[spoiler] She was crushed by Emmeline's death, and eventually married to a man she didn't love at the behest of her family. In the present day, she possesses her descendant, Toma, and reunites with Emmeline in the afterlife.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Nellie
- **Hair:** Blond, Waist Length+, Wavy, Parted in Middle, Braided Bun, Braided Crown
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Eyes:** Hazel
- **Clothes:** Dress, Wedding Dress, Pendant Necklace, Clothing with Ribbons, Flower, Veil, Choker, Off-The-Shoulder Shirt
- **Subject of:** Death, Teasing, Arranged Marriage
- **Role:** Neighbor, Ghost, Homosexual
- **Personality:** Refined
- **Engages in:** Possession, Wedding

### Emily
A strange girl Toma meets at the local graveyard.

She speaks in an ornate manner that would befit a person from another time period, and her dress sense is much the same.

Though she seems rather quiet and pensive, she has a more playful side, and likes to give people cute nicknames.

[From [url=http://ebihime.itch.io/emmeline]official site[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Waist Length+, Wavy, Blunt Bangs, Braided Crown
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale, Younger Appearance, Freckles
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Personality:** Refined, Mysterious
- **Role:** Ghost
- **Clothes:** Clothing with Ribbons, Puffy Sleeves, Nightgown
- **Subject of:** Grief

### Emmeline Burns
A young girl living in the early nineteenth century. The daughter of a successful and wealthy family. Has a crush on her friend Cornelia.

[spoiler] When her family went bankrupt, her father Phillip choked her to death and set their house alight. After being resurrected as a ghost, she eventually re-united with Cornelia in the present day.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Emmy
- **Hair:** Brown, Waist Length+, Wavy, Blunt Bangs, Braided Crown
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale, Freckles
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Clothes:** Dress, Bonnet, Clothing with Ribbons, Puffy Sleeves, Nightgown
- **Role:** Daughter, Wealthy, Ghost, Homosexual, Title Character
- **Engages in:** Teasing
- **Subject of:** Death, Homicide
- **Personality:** Mischievous

### Hattie
Toma's best (and only) friend, whom she has a crush on.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Blond, Brown, Waist Length+, Wavy, Multicolored, V Bangs, Braided Odango
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Olive
- **Eyes:** Hazel
- **Clothes:** Jacket, Skirt, Ribbon Tie, Pendant Earrings, Clothing with Ribbons, Ribbon Hair Accessory
- **Role:** Friend, Wealthy, High School Student

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://sandbox-adventure.com/emmeline-burns.html)
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/429940/)
- [Itch](https://ebihime.itch.io/emmeline)

## Releases
### English
- **2015-10-15**: The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns
- **2016-02-27**: The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns - [Official website](http://sandbox-adventure.com/emmeline-burns.html)
- **2025-07-07**: The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/429940/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/429940/info/), [Itch.io](https://ebihime.itch.io/emmeline)
- **2025-07-07**: The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns - [Itch.io](https://ebihime.itch.io/emmeline)

### Russian
- **2016-04-17**: Pechal'naja istorija Emmelin Bjorns - [Official website](https://usagitoxic.wordpress.com/2016/04/30/the-sad-story-of-emmeline-burns-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4-%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD/)
- **2016-05-14**: Pechal'naja istorija Emmelin Bjorns - [Official website](https://m.vk.com/wall-69564393_6281)

### Chinese (simplified)
- **2016-07-08**: Emmeline Burns de Beican Wangshi - [Official website](https://bbs.yamibo.com/thread-250681-1-1.html)
- **2022-02-18**: Emmeline Burns de Beishang Gushi - [Official website](https://keylol.com/t790644-1-1)

### Korean
- **2017-07-02**: The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns - [Official website](https://blog.naver.com/flowless/221044212085)

### Spanish
- **2021-06-01**: The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns - [Official website](https://lovetraducciones.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-sad-story-of-emmeline-burns.html)

### Ukrainian
- **2025-07-07**: The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/429940/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/429940/info/), [Itch.io](https://ebihime.itch.io/emmeline)
- **2025-07-07**: The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns - [Itch.io](https://ebihime.itch.io/emmeline)

## Tags
ADV, Female Protagonist, Life and Death Drama, Suicide, Ghost Heroine, No Sexual Content, Brief NVL Scenes, Slice of Life, Love Overcomes All, Nakige, Flashback, Kinetic Novel, Protagonist with a Face, Third-person Narrative, Possession, High School Student Protagonist, Homicide, Bonus Side Stories, White Haired Protagonist, Timid Protagonist, Varied Title Screens, Protagonist with a Sprite, LGBTQ Issues, Past British Isles, Girl x Girl Romance Only, Achievements, Yuri Game Jam, Forbidden Love, Music Recollection, Modern Day British Isles, Cemetery, Modern Day Europe

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