The Way We Live Now
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Anthony Trollope's 1875 novel, "The Way We Live Now", is a biting satire of the wealthy and powerful in Victorian England. Augustus Melmotte, a wealthy financier moves to London and begins to gather investors for an American railway venture. When his daughter Marie takes up with the dissolute gold-digging aristocrat Felix Carbury, Melmotte steps in to block the union. Multiple subplots involving schemes to move up in society and thwart others from doing the same constitute a panorama of greed and desperation that makes The Way We Live Now Trollope's masterpiece.
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Trollope, A. (2018). The Way We Live Now. [United States], Dreamscape Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Trollope, Anthony. 2018. The Way We Live Now. [United States], Dreamscape Media.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Trollope, Anthony, The Way We Live Now. [United States], Dreamscape Media, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Trollope, Anthony. The Way We Live Now. [United States], Dreamscape Media, 2018.
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