1001 Stories From The Gilded Age

Degrees and Disappointments
In this episode, we reach the bittersweet milestone of graduation and the long-awaited resolution of a years-long courtship. Anne Shirley finally steps out into the world as a Full-fledged B.A., but she quickly finds that academic success doesn't necessarily make the heart any easier to navigate.
Chapter 37: Full-fledged B.A.'s
The graduation season at Redmond College is a whirlwind of flowers, diplomas, and the heavy realization that the Patty's Place era is over. Anne achieves her academic goals, winning the prestigious Avery Scholarship, but the joy is tempered by the painful process of dismantling the home she shared with her intermingled friends. As the trunks are packed, we see the shift from girlhood dreams to the daunting reality of adulthood.
Chapter 38: False Dawn
Anne returns to the familiar beauty of the Island, expecting to find the happily ever after she always imagined with the dashing Roy Gardner. In a beautifully atmospheric scene at Crystal Brook, the moment of truth finally arrives. However, Roy's long-anticipated proposal brings Anne not ecstasy, but a cold, jarring realization. She is forced to confront the difference between a storybook romance and the truth of her own heart, leading to a rejection that leaves both of them reeling.
Credits
Narration and Production by Gizelle Erickson
Executive Producer Jon Hagadorn
Music: Thanks to Luis_Humanoide "Victorian Violin Waltz" Music by Luis Humanoide from Pixabay (Gilded Theme)

LibriVox recording: Chapter 37 read by Christiane Levesque
Chapter 38 read by Betsie Bush

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Episode Summary: The Beginning of the End
In these pivotal chapters of Anne of the Island, the Senior Year energy hits Redmond College. Anne Shirley and her friends return for their final year, but the atmosphere has shifted from the carefree days of freshmen to the bittersweet reality of impending departures.
Chapter 35: The Last Redmond Year Opens
The bloom is off the rye as Anne returns to Kingsport. The chapter captures the melancholy of the last time for everything. While her academic career is reaching its zenith, her social life feels strained. The once-easy friendship with Gilbert Blythe has cooled into a polite, distant formality that haunts the periphery of her busy schedule.
Chapter 36: The Gardners' Call
The stakes of Anne's relationship with Roy Gardner reach a fever pitch when his mother and sister, Dorothy, come to call. Anne finds herself navigating the rigid social expectations of the wealthy Gardner family. While she passes the test and finds a surprisingly kindred spirit in Dorothy, the encounter leaves Anne wondering if a life of perfect propriety is truly what she desires.
Credits
Narration and Production by Gizelle Erickson
Executive Producer Jon Hagadorn
Music: Music by Luis Humanoide from Pixabay (Gilded Theme)

LibriVox recording: Chapter 35 read by rachelellen
Chapter 36 read by Christiane Levesque

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In today's episode of Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery, we follow Anne Shirley as her journey is marked by change and growth during her transition toward adulthood.  While substitute teaching at Valley Road, Anne has been a silent observer of a placid courtship that seemed to have no end.  In "He Just Kept Coming and Coming," the mystery of John Douglas's two-decade-long silence is explored, illustrating the complexities of evolving friendship and the poignant nostalgia of a life spent in waiting.  Finally, as we reach "John Douglas Speaks at Last," the narrative beautifully captures the intertwining of love, friendship, and the challenges of newfound independence that define Anne's continuing journey.
Credits
Host and Producer by Gizelle Erickson
Executive Producer Jon Hagadorn
Music: Thanks to Luis_Humanoide "Victorian Violin Waltz" Music by Luis Humanoide from Pixabay
LibriVox Recording by Rachel Ellen

In today's episode of L. M. Montgomery's Anne of the Island, we rejoin Anne Shirley as she returns to the life of a country 'schoolma'am' at Valley Road. Boarding at Wayside with the thrifty soul Janet Sweet, Anne enjoys a world of feather-beds and lavish feasts, though she is slightly haunted by a parlor decorated with five preserved coffin plates. 
While the local social scene is quiet, save for a youth offering peppermints, Anne becomes a passive spectator to the courtship of Janet and John Douglas, a man whose face reveals a patient, humorous endurance. However, during a tea with John's mother, an angelic woman who claims to have been dying by inches for twenty years, Anne catches a glimpse of John looking like a tortured man, hinting at a hidden weight behind their long-standing placid courtship.
Credits
Host and Producer Gizelle Erickson
Executive Producer Jon Hagadorn
Music Thanks to Luis_Humanoide "Victorian Violin Waltz" Music by Luis Humanoide from Pixabay
LibriVox Recording by Rachel Ellen

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