The Gilded Age was a period of enormous wealth for some and extreme poverty for others.

In order to make the Russells fan-favorites, Julian Fellowes sacrifices the depth of the "downstairs" characters. And 'The ...

Few shows bring the past to life quite like “The Gilded Age“. Created by “Downton Abbey’s” Julian Fellowes, this HBO […] ...

Such conditions, combined with the “dark sides” of the Gilded Age, produced an environment that allowed Americans to have an average life expectancy of 47.3 years of age in 1900.

As Baranski and Nixon hint, attitudes towards divorce would begin to shift during the Gilded Age. It’s a topic that Fellowes and his co-showrunner Sonja Warfield were keen to explore in Season 3.

Such conditions, combined with the “dark sides” of the Gilded Age, produced an environment that allowed Americans to have an average life expectancy of 47.3 years of age in 1900.