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A drama based on Anthony Trollope's novel about a mysterious financier and his schemes in 1870s London. Watch the episodes, cast, reviews, trivia and more on IMDb.
- (3.2K)
- 2001-11-11
- Drama, Romance
- 300
The American Senator. The Way We Live Now is a satirical novel by Anthony Trollope, published in London in 1875 after first appearing in serialised form. It is one of the last significant Victorian novels to have been published in monthly parts. The novel is Trollope's longest, comprising 100 chapters, and is particularly rich in sub-plot.
- Anthony Trollope
- 1875
- 1875
- Chapman and Hall
The Way We Live Now, novel by Anthony Trollope, published serially in 1874–75 and in book form in 1875. This satire of Victorian society was one of Trollope’s later and more highly regarded works. The novel chronicles the fleeting fame of Augustus Melmotte, a villainous financier of obscure origins.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
13,328 ratings1,199 reviews. Considered by contemporary critics to be Trollope's greatest novel, The Way We Live Now is a satire of the literary world of nineteenth-century London and a bold indictment of the new power of speculative finance in English life. The story concerns Augustus Melmotte, a French swindler and scoundrel, and his daughter ...
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- Paperback
Jun 10, 2002 · The Way We Live Now was first published in twenty monthly parts from February, 1874, to September, 1875, and in book form by Chapman and Hall in 1875. Both the monthly parts and the Chapman and Hall first edition contained the forty illustrations included in this e-book.
Considered by contemporary critics to be Trollope’s greatest novel, The Way We Live Now is a satire of the literary world of London in the 1870s and a bold indictment of the new power of speculative finance in English life. ‘I was instigated by what I conceived to be the commercial profligacy of the age,’ Trollope said.
Oct 31, 2014 · The Way We Live Now, Trollope's longest and greatest novel, is the exception. It's a novel about a society corrupted by finance, one in which money holds sway and everyone is fantasizing about ...
