Social life in old New Orleans
Lives & Memoirs

Social life in old New Orleans

Eliza Ripley · narrated by Heath

2026

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Eliza Ripley recalls the social life of old New Orleans, the balls, weddings, homes, and customs of the Creole city before the Civil War swept the world away. Written from memory, it preserves a vanished society. A charming read for anyone drawn to the South, New Orleans, and life in a bygone age.

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40 chapters

  1. 1SOCIAL LIFE IN OLD NEW ORLEANS9m
  2. 2II NEW ORLEANS SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN THE FORTIES9m
  3. 3III BOARDING SCHOOL IN THE FORTIES12m
  4. 4IV PICAYUNE DAYS9m
  5. 5V DOMESTIC SCIENCE SEVENTY YEARS AGO11m
  6. 6VI A FASHIONABLE FUNCTION IN 18427m
  7. 7VII NEW YEAR’S OF OLD10m
  8. 8VIII NEW ORLEANS SHOPS AND SHOPPING IN THE FORTIES9m
  9. 9IX THE OLD FRENCH OPERA HOUSE6m
  10. 10X MURAL DECORATIONS AND PORTRAITS OF THE PAST11m
  11. 11XI THOUGHTS OF OLD9m
  12. 12XII WEDDING CUSTOMS THEN AND NOW9m
  13. 13XIII A COUNTRY WEDDING IN 18469m
  14. 14XIV THE BELLES AND BEAUX OF FORTY7m
  15. 15XV AS IT WAS IN MY DAY11m
  16. 16XVI FANCY DRESS BALL AT THE MINT IN 18505m
  17. 17XVII DR. CLAPP’S CHURCH6m
  18. 18XVIII OLD DAGUERREOTYPES6m
  19. 19XIX STEAMBOAT AND STAGE SEVENTY YEARS AGO12m
  20. 20XX HOTEL AT PASS CHRISTIAN IN 18497m
  21. 21XXI OLD MUSIC BOOKS9m
  22. 22XXII THE SONGS OF LONG AGO7m
  23. 23XXIII A RAMBLE THROUGH THE OLD CITY15m
  24. 24XXIV “OLD CREOLE DAYS” AND WAYS11m
  25. 25XXV A VISIT TO VALCOUR AIME PLANTATION12m
  26. 26XXVI THE OLD PLANTATION LIFE12m
  27. 27XXVII PEOPLE I HAVE ENTERTAINED12m
  28. 28XXVIII A MONUMENT TO MAMMIES9m
  29. 29XXIX MARY ANN AND MARTHA ANN38m
  30. 30XXX WHEN LEXINGTON WON THE RACE6m
  31. 31XXXI LOUISIANA STATE FAIR FIFTY YEARS AGO7m
  32. 32XXXII THE LAST CHRISTMAS9m
  33. 33XXXIII A WEDDING IN WAR TIME11m
  34. 34XXXIV SUBSTITUTES8m
  35. 35XXXV AN UNRECORDED BIT OF NEW ORLEANS HISTORY9m
  36. 36XXXVI CUBAN DAYS IN WAR TIMES10m
  37. 37XXXVII “WE SHALL KNOW EACH OTHER THERE”10m
  38. 38XXXVIII A RAMBLE THROUGH NEW ORLEANS WITH BRUSH AND EASEL16m
  39. 39XXXIX A VISIT OF TENDER MEMORIES13m
  40. 40Chapter 427m
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