The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
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"The Way We Live Now" by Anthony Trollope is a satirical novel published in 1875. Inspired by financial scandals of the early 1870s, it exposes the greed and dishonesty pervading Victorian commercial and political life. The story centers on Augustus Melmotte, a mysterious financier who arrives in London with grand ambitions. His railway scheme entangles aristocrats, a dissolute baronet pursuing Melmotte's daughter for her fortune, and various others whose lives become dangerously
intertwined with his corrupt enterprise. Trollope's longest work dramatizes moral corruption across all levels of society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Way We Live Now |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_We_Live_Now |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Andrew Turek and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Satire |
| Subject | London (England) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Mate selection -- Fiction |
| Subject | Commercial crimes -- Fiction |
| Subject | Capitalists and financiers -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 5231 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Jul 18, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1613 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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