The Way We Live Now

Anthony Trollope, Frank Kermode, Frank Kermode , Frank Kermode

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Penguin Classics
28 April 1994

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 victims. But as Melmotte climbs higher in society, his web of deceit - which also draws in characters as diverse as his own daughter Marie and Felix's mother, the pulp novelist Lady Carbury - begins to unravel. A radical exploration of the dangers associated with speculative capitalism, this is a fascinating satire about a society on the verge of moral bankruptcy.

By: Anthony Trollope
Notes by: Frank Kermode
Introduction by: Frank Kermode
Edited by: Frank Kermode
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 553g
ISBN: 9780140433920
ISBN 10: 0140433929
Pages: 816
Publication Date: 28 April 1994
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Anthony Trollope, British novelist (1815-1882)