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1. The Price of Splendor by paping06

   Fandoms: The Gilded Age (TV 2022)  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, Gen
   • Work in Progress

   11 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Bertha Russell/George Russell
   • Bertha Russell
   • George Russell (The Gilded Age)
   • Larry Russell (The Gilded Age)
   • Gladys Russell
   • Marian Brook
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Fix-It
   • Marriage in Crisis
   • emotional angst
   • Reconciliation
   • But they're going to have to work for it
   • Post S3 Finale
   • no beta/we die like john adams

   Summary

   In the wake of George’s departure at the end of Season 3, Bertha returns to New York only to discover that his first love, now a wealthy widow, has entered New York society. Old affections threaten to eclipse her, forcing Bertha to confront the limits of ambition and the cost of neglect. But in the gilded halls of New York, love is not won by nostalgia—it is fought for, every day, by those willing to risk their pride.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   9,063

   Chapters:

   3/10

   Comments:

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