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From a review of the Anthony Trollope canon in The Economist (2020/04/08 edition):
*“The Way We Live Now” (1875) is as much a portrait of the last few decades as it is of the high Victorian age, and every bit as addictive as HBO’s hit series “Succession”. The novel’s anti-hero, Augustus Melmotte, is one of the great portraits of the businessman as ogre—a “horrid, big, rich scoundrel”, “a bloated swindler” and “vile city ruffian” who bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Robert Maxwell (and to living figures who had best not be named for legal reasons). Despite his foreign birth and mysterious past, Melmotte forces his way into British society by playing on the greed of bigwigs who despise him yet compete for his favours. He buys his way into the House of Commons; he floats a railway company that is ostensibly designed to build a line between Mexico and America but is really a paper scheme for selling shares. The Ponzi scam eventually collapses, exposing Britain’s great commercial empire for a greed-fuelled racket and its high society as a hypocritical sham.
“The Way We Live Now” is an excellent place to begin an affair with Trollope. It is relatively short by his standards and exquisitely executed. If you don’t like it, Trollope’s world is not for you. If you do, another 46 novels await you.*
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Fiction, Capitalists and financiers in fiction, Commercial crimes in fiction, Capitalists and financiers, Commercial crimes, Social life and customs, England in fiction, Classic Literature, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), England, fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Politics and government, Policy sciences, Fiction, historical, general, London (england), fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Fiction, media tie-in, Fiction, general, English literature, Crime, fiction, Satire, London (England) -- Fiction, Mate selection -- Fiction, Commercial crimes -- Fiction, Capitalists and financiers -- FictionPlaces
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Way We Live Now: By Anthony Trollope - Illustrated
2017, Independently Published
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Way We Live Now: By Anthony Trollope - Illustrated
2017, Independently Published
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Way We Live Now: Illustrated Edition
2014, HarperCollins Publishers
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The way we live now
2009, Norilana Books
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The Way We Live Now: Vol. 2
October 12, 2007, IndyPublish
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The Way We Live Now: Vol. 1
July 12, 2007, IndyPublish
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The Way We Live Now: Vol. 1
July 12, 2007, IndyPublish
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July 12, 2007, IndyPublish
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July 12, 2006, IndyPublish
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The Way We Live Now (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)
August 1, 2005, Barnes & Noble Classics
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The Way We Live Now (Wordsworth Classics)
February 5, 2004, Wordsworth Editions
Paperback
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January 2004, IndyPublish.com, IndyPublish
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Way We Live Now (The Modern Library Classics)
August 30, 2004, Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
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The Way We Live Now (Penguin Classics)
February 26, 2002, Penguin Classics
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The way we live now
2001, Modern Library
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The Way We Live Now (Oxford World's Classics)
October 25, 1999, Oxford University Press, USA
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The Way We Live Now
March 5, 1996, Modern Library
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The Way We Live Now (Penguin Classics)
April 1, 1995, Penguin Classics
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The Way We Live Now: Parts 1 & 2 (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection)
January 30, 1995, Audio Book Contractors, Inc.
Audio Cassette
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The Way We Live Now: Part 1 (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection)
January 30, 1995, Audio Book Contractors
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The Way We Live Now: Part 2 (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection)
January 30, 1995, Audio Book Contractors
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Way We Live Now
January 1992, Ashgate Publishing, Trollope Society
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The way we live now
1984, Modern Library
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