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The Way We Live Now
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
The Way We Live Now
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Anthony Trollope
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Edited by Frank Kermode
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Introduction by Frank Kermode
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Notes by Frank Kermode
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:816 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780140433920
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Classifications | Dewey:823.8 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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Imprint |
Penguin Classics
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Publication Date |
28 April 1994 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Augustus Melmotte is a fraudulent foreign financier who preys on dissolute nobility - using charm to tempt the weak into making foolish investments in his dubious schemes. Persuaded to put money into a notional plot to run a railroad from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, the capricious gambler Felix Carbury soon becomes one of his victims. But as Melmotte climbs higher in society, his web of deceit - which also draws in characters as diverse as his own daughter Marie and Felix's mother, the pulp novelist Lady Carbury - begins to unravel. A radical exploration of the dangers associated with speculative capitalism, this is a fascinating satire about a society on the verge of moral bankruptcy.
Author Biography
Anthony Trollope, British novelist (1815-1882)
Reviews"The Way We Live Now is the essence of Trollope. If he had written no other novel, it would have ensured his immortality."
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