1001 Stories From The Gilded Age

Dec 08 2024 229 ep. 33 mins 70
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1001 Stories From The Gilded Age (Formerly 1001 Greatest Love & Life Stories) brings you a wide mix of classic short stories and long-form family-friendly novels, a perfect mix of timeless classics from another age - when life was slower, men and women dressed well in public, , and courtesy, manners, and morals were practiced. From this age comes great stories from woman authors as well as popular stories such as The Secret Garden, Anne of Green Gables and Black Beauty. Our "Gilded Age' collection spans mostly from 1875-1919. Please share with a friend!

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THE ROMANCE OF JEDEDIAH by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Dec 08 2024 29 mins  
A 40 year old man returns to his hometown after a 15 year absence hoping to find some romance in his life and finds that not all that much has changed. His hopes aren't that high, considering he never made the fortune he had left to find, but his luck might be about to change. Catch ALL our author interviews in one place here at 1001 History's Best Storytellers! Get all of our sho

ANN MARY, HER TWO THANKSGIVING DINNERS MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

Nov 26 2024 34 mins  
Ann Mary's job in their house was to keep an eye on grandma while she prepared Thanksgiving dinner- and she did a good job. She was excited because the house would soon be filled with visiting family, which, since she had lost her mom and dad, meant quite alot to her. But when the big day came Grandma and Grandpa had to rush off to care for a sick aunt, and the guests never showed.

DEACON PITKIN'S FARM (PT 2) HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Nov 17 2024 61 mins  
In this heartwarming conlusion the family gathers for their seventh Thanksgiving and Diane, who has become the keeper of the house for mother, announces the she has a surprise for "Uncle" Silas. Check out www.bestof1001stories.com for all our shows and episodes. Give our new podcast 1001 True Crime From Another Time a try! You'll be glad you did- lots of investigations to come.

DEACON PITKIN'S FARM: A THANKSGIVING STORY (PT 1) BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Nov 10 2024 37 mins  
A young man returning home from college in new England finds his father on the verge of losing his farm and decides to quit college to help the family through.

MISS MIX, KIDNAPPER by KATHLEEN NORRIS

Nov 03 2024 34 mins  
The father of a college age boy receives a letter from his son announcing his engagenet to an older lady (32) and dad assumes the worst. He leaves NY for California with plans of convincing his son to call it off. He meets Miss Mix as she is working in her back yard chicken coup, believing he (Mr Fox, Anthony's dad) to be the repairman she had called. Once they get things straighte

THE AFFAIR AT GROVER STATION by WILLA CATHER

Oct 27 2024 38 mins  
A three way attraction leads to a murder in Wyoming and one man knows the secret of who did it and why.

MISS SALLY'S LETTER by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY

Oct 20 2024 29 mins  
A domineering grandma with no faith in young men helps a young man in her neighborhood prepare and decorate a small house he had just purchased for his bride to be. Miss Sally, the grandma, has a daughter around the same age as the young man, whose name is Willard, but Miss Sally keeps a tight hold on her daughter, not wanting her to be disappointed in love like she was. Visit our

BRIDGING THE YEARS by KATHERINE NORRIS

Oct 13 2024 46 mins  
In this moving story by Katherine Norris a young mother living in San Francisco around the turn of the century receives an unusual visitor to her home who turns out to be an older gentleman who had lived there previously and wanted to share his memories. Join us at our new website at www.bestof1001stories.com. Also- support us at Patreon by visiting www.patreon.com/1001storiesne

BEYOND THE BAYOU by KATE CHOPIN

Oct 06 2024 16 mins  
Kate Chopin wrote about life on the Louisiana Bayou after the Civil War, and she portrays the life of blacks on the plantation with tenderness and understanding. In this story a woman named LaFolle, who lives alone in a cabin far from the main home due to a terrifying event in her childhood, which has prevented her from crossing the secrtion between her cabin and all the others, sa

THE VILLAGE SINGER by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN

Sep 29 2024 36 mins  
A great creative piece about an aging lead singer who is shown the door by her church members but decices she isn't ready for retirement. With her house located only steps from the open church windows she begins singing and playing her organ to compete loudly with the newly hired singer and soon stirs up a hornets nest. For all our 1001 podcasts visit our new website at www.besto