Julian Fellowes swaps Downton Abbey for New York in The Gilded Age: 'Class? In the US it's all about success'

By Laura Pullman
The Times·
7 mins to read
Julian Fellowes swaps Downton Abbey for New York in The Gilded Age: 'Class? In the US it's all about success'
Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon in The Gilded Age. Photo / Alison Cohen Rosa

It's classic Julian Fellowes fare: lemon-sucking snobs, sharp-elbowed upstarts, lusty servants and precarious fortunes.

Set in 1880s New York, when unimaginable wealth was pouring into the city and rattling the social structures, The Gilded Age is privilege porn extraordinaire. But what is it about the aristocratic classes that keeps drawing

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