11 stories
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William Dean Howells-
1.2K
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66 parts
A creeping fog clings to the brickwork of the brownstone, mirroring the anxieties that fester within its newly inherited walls. Howells weav... -
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Henry James-
950
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44 parts
A creeping dread clings to the polished surfaces of this narrative, a chill seeping from the opulent interiors of New York society. The stor... -
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Edith Wharton-
802
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50 parts
A creeping dread clings to the shadowed manors overlooking the Hudson, where fortunes built on ambition and old money fracture under the wei... -
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Booth Tarkington-
681
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36 parts
A creeping dread clings to the once-gilded cage of the Ambersons. Not a tale of specters or ghouls, but of a slow, insidious rot consuming a... -
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Edith Wharton-
560
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30 parts
Dust motes dance in the fading light of grand parlors, mirroring the slow decay of Lily Bart’s gilded world. A chill permeates the air, not ... -
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Edith Wharton-
556
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35 parts
A suffocating elegance hangs over Old New York, a gilded cage woven with threads of expectation and suppressed desire. Within its polished p... -
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Percy Marks-
549
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30 parts
A suffocating stillness clings to the crumbling estate of Blackwood Manor, where whispers of inherited madness and manufactured desires coil... -
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Booth Tarkington-
540
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34 parts
A creeping dread clings to the brick and brownstone of Indianapolis as young Allan Montague, fresh from a gilded youth abroad, finds himself... -
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Booth Tarkington-
515
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33 parts
Dust motes dance in the perpetual twilight of National Avenue, a street steeped in the suffocating perfume of decaying grandeur. Here, the h... -
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Edith Wharton-
339
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19 parts
A suffocating heat clings to the decaying grandeur of a New England village, mirroring the stifled desires within a young woman’s heart. The... -
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Unknown Author-
23
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7 parts
The novel follows Cora, Jack, and Rose as they begin a new life in New York, settling into a modest apartment after arriving from Ellis Isla... -