Episodi

  • The Gilded Age Chapter 17
    Oct 18 2026
    In which a youthful engineer and his companions traverse the untamed prairie, blundering cheerfully through marshy bottoms and muddy town streets, as they survey for a hopeful railroad destined to stir prosperity and expansion in a sleepy western settlement. Amidst the mire and imperfections of nascent towns, they map grand designs and plot to harness both river and rail for the promised wealth that lies just beyond the horizon.
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    14 min
  • The Gilded Age Chapter 16
    Oct 16 2026
    In which two young gentlemen, detained in the bustling town of St. Louis by illness and circumstance, engage in lively discourse about land speculation and the alluring prospect of a nascent city called Stone’s Landing, all under the watchful eye of the enigmatic Colonel Sellers and the hearty engineer Jeff Thompson. Their journey onward leads them into the rustic embrace of camp life on the prairie, where the simple charms of the frontier mingle with visions of fortune and the stirring strains of the national anthem under the vast night sky.
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    17 min
  • The Gilded Age Chapter 14
    Oct 12 2026
    In which a young lady of Philadelphia, feeling confined by the strictures of her Quaker upbringing and constrained society, declares her bold intention to study medicine and carve out a life of purpose and independence. Meanwhile, the adventures of a hopeful young man striking westward stir thoughts of fortune and freedom amid the vast and untamed frontier.
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    13 min
  • The Gilded Age Chapter 13
    Oct 10 2026
    In which a lively party of Eastern adventurers traverses the emerging West, observing the peculiar manners and vibrant life of new cities, all the while harbouring ambitious schemes amid the charm and challenge of frontier life. Among them, a keen young fellow named Harry dazzles with his blend of dandyism and backwoods bravado, while they encounter the affable Colonel Sellers, whose hospitality and talk paint a picture of opportunity in this open land.
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    18 min
  • The Gilded Age Chapter 12
    Oct 8 2026
    In which a young Yale graduate named Philip Sterling, rich in hopeful ambition but uncertain of his path, debates the merits of fortune, fame, and a meaningful calling amidst the bustling promise of New York City. Invited by an enterprising companion, he resolves to abandon literary dreams and venture west to Missouri, where the wild frontier offers a fresh stage for his rugged plunge into enterprise.
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    16 min
  • The Gilded Age Chapter 15
    Oct 14 2026
    In which a young woman of strong will and delicate health ventures beyond her Quaker upbringing to pursue the rigorous, and sometimes grim, study of medicine, drawing the quiet concern and reluctant approval of her family. Meanwhile, the household is visited by a scheming railroad contractor whose blatant aspirations and politics vex the young student, as she encounters both the harsh realities of ambition and the sober solemnity of life’s mortal finality in the dissection room.
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    18 min
  • The Gilded Age Chapter 11
    Oct 6 2026
    In which Washington Hawkins ventures boldly into the humble Sellers household for a dinner that turns out to be a sparse but spirited affair of turnips and water, seasoned with the Colonel’s grandiloquent tales and peculiar cures. Amidst the awkward hospitality and fermenting fare, young Washington wrestles with pangs of conscience and stomach alike, pondering the curious economy of high hopes and low suppers.
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    12 min
  • The Gilded Age Chapter 10
    Oct 4 2026
    In which a young lady named Laura discovers a long-hidden mystery about her birth, stirring the idle tongues and curious eyes of a close-knit village into a chorus of gossip and speculation that chills her spirits yet piques a romantic yearning within her heart. Despite the shadows cast by whispers and a lover's retreat, she finds solace and steadfast affection in the embrace of the mother who has raised her, and in her own fierce resolve to stand unbowed against the world's judgements.
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    17 min