The Way We Live Now
Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882
The Way We Live Now - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_We_Live_Now Release date is 2004-03-01
E-text prepared by Andrew Turek and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. E-text prepared by Andrew Turek and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D.
"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.)
Satire London (England) -- Fiction Mate selection -- Fiction Commercial crimes -- Fiction Capitalists and financiers -- Fiction
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The Way We Live Now - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_We_Live_Now Release date is 2004-03-01
E-text prepared by Andrew Turek and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. E-text prepared by Andrew Turek and revised by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D.
"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.)
Satire London (England) -- Fiction Mate selection -- Fiction Commercial crimes -- Fiction Capitalists and financiers -- Fiction
PR