Debuting on CBC and CBC Gem on Monday, February 21 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) Inspired by real events and set in the roar of the 1920s, THE PORTER (8×60) follows the journeys of an ensemble of characters who hustle, dream, cross borders and pursue their ambitions in the fight for liberation – on and …
Author: Evangeline Holland
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Gilded Age Literature: Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence Readathon
Julian Fellowes’s new period drama, The Gilded Age, premieres on HBO/HBO Max on January 24, 2022. It’s been quite a while since I’ve revisted the works of Edith Wharton. I stumbled upon a copy of The House of Mirth at 18 and was hooked–I reread it once a year for the next ten years. Later, …
Everything You Wanted to Know About Julian Fellowes’s The Gilded Age
What Is It About? At long last, Julian Fellowes’s original period drama set during the Gilded Age will premiere on HBO, January 24, 2022. The Gilded Age is set in 1882, against the backdrop of New York City’s transformation into the center of arts, culture, technology, finance, and high society. When Marian Brook moves to …