HOW THE WIDOW WON THE DEACON by WILLIAM JAMES LAMPTON
1001 Stories From The Gilded Age
Release Date: 08/11/2024
THE VILLAGE SINGER by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
1001 Stories From The Gilded Age
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.bestof1001stories.com.
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THE PLAY HOUSE by ALICE BROWN
1001 Stories From The Gilded Age
New England author Alice Brown highlights a moment in life around the turn of the centuty with this npoignant short story.
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A NEW ENGLAND NUN by MARY E. WILKINS FREEMAN
1001 Stories From The Gilded Age
In this powerful piece of early feminist literature a woman waits 14 years for the man she loves to return from the mines where he has gone to make their fortune so they can be married- but when he returns, she finds her ordered life and routine preferable to marriage.
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THE QUICKSAND by EDITH WHARTON
1001 Stories From The Gilded Age
A wealthy woman reaches out to help her grown son and his girlfriend after her son asks her to intervene on his behalf, having been turned down with his marriage proposal. In the process of trying to unite the two the woman finds out that her own life has been built on shaky foundations. The story is deep, introspective, and takes some twists and turns, while making for interesting reading.
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THE GIRL AND THE PHOTOGRAPH by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
1001 Stories From The Gilded Age
A young man proposes by mail to a young girl whose picture has been given to him by his close friend- only to find out upon meeting her that she is not the girl in the photograph.
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PAUL'S CASE by WILLA CATHER
1001 Stories From The Gilded Age
A high school boy who the teachers can't seem to reach finally runs away from his drab home in Pittsburgh and heads for New York City, taking money from his empoloyer to finance his trip. In a world where the very rich live a lavish lifestyle he idolizes them and wants to spend just a few days knowing what it's like to live like them- and a ritzy hotel offers him that chance. Enjoy all our stories at today!
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THE GOSSIP OF VALLEY VIEW by LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY
1001 Stories From The Gilded Age
A single man living in a small town is the subject of a wild gossip campaign that has him marrying a woman down the road that he hardly knows. Despite his best efforts to laugh it off, he can't stop the rumor, and even starts thinking marriage might be the right idea.
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HOW THE WIDOW WON THE DEACON by WILLIAM JAMES LAMPTON
1001 Stories From The Gilded Age
The deacon had but one goal in life and that was to beat the squire in a carriage race. He had lost to the squire in matters of love and so far in horses as well- but this time he had help he had never expected from a widow with a kind heart,a load of courage, and a notion that it was time to get married again.
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AMY FOSTER (PT 2) by JOSEPH CONRAD
1001 Stories From The Gilded Age
Have you ever felt unwanted or unaccepted in a given situation? Have you ever befriended someone whom others have avoided due to their strangeness? In this classic story, a poor emigrant man survives a shipwreck only to land on a strange shore- where people cannot understand him and therefore fear him.
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AMY FOSTER (PT 1) by JOSEPH CONRAD
1001 Stories From The Gilded Age
Have you ever felt unwanted or unaccepted in a given situation? Have you ever befriended someone whom others have avoided due to their strangeness? In this classic story, a poor emigrant man survives a shipwreck only to land on a strange shore- where people cannot understand him and therefore fear him.
info_outlineThe deacon had but one goal in life and that was to beat the squire in a carriage race. He had lost to the squire in matters of love and so far in horses as well- but this time he had help he had never expected from a widow with a kind heart,a load of courage, and a notion that it was time to get married again.
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