The Way We Live Now
$25.36
- Paperback
816 pages
- Release Date
28 April 1994
Summary
A radical exploration of the dangers associated with speculative capitalism, this is a fascinating satire about a society on the verge of moral bankruptcy.
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 vict…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140433920 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140433929 |
| Author: | Anthony Trollope, Frank Kermode |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 816 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 28 April 1994 |
| Weight: | 584g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 43mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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” The Way We Live Now is the essence of Trollope. If he had written no other novel, it would have ensured his immortality.”
“The Way We Live Now is the essence of Trollope. If he had written no other novel, it would have ensured his immortality.”
About The Author
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was a British novelist.
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