The Way We Live Now
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The Way We Live Now

  1. 832 pages
  2. English
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The Way We Live Now

About this book

Inspired by the financial scandals of its era, The Way We Live Now is a portrait of a society corrupted by greed that continues to resonate with modern readers. Taking place in 1870s Victorian London, the characters are comprised of a motley cast of financiers, investors, and determined social-climbers.
Despite rumors of an unsavory past, Augustus Melmotte is so vastly wealthy that the London society receives him with open arms. In addition to furthering his schemes of railway fraud, the ruthless financier's entry into society launches his daughter into the matrimonial market. Her preferred suitor, Sir Felix Carbury, is a penniless wastrel whose mother aspires to literary and financial success not so much by writing good books but by using her feminine charms to get ahead. A host of other bounders and rogues populate the pages of this tale, which begins as a satire and concludes as a delicious social comedy. Rejected by critics upon its 1875 publication, The Way We Live Now is recognized today as Anthony Trollope's masterpiece.

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Information

Year
2017
Print ISBN
9780486815763
eBook ISBN
9780486822709

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Note
  5. Contents
  6. 1 Three Editors
  7. 2 The Carbury Family
  8. 3 The Beargarden
  9. 4 Madame Melmotte’s Ball
  10. 5 After the Ball
  11. 6 Roger Carbury and Paul Montague
  12. 7 Mentor
  13. 8 Love-Sick
  14. 9 The Great Railway to Vera Cruz
  15. 10 Mr. Fisker’s Success
  16. 11 Lady Carbury at Home
  17. 12 Sir Felix in His Mother’s House
  18. 13 The Longestaffes
  19. 14 Carbury Manor
  20. 15 ‘You Should Remember That I Am His Mother’
  21. 16 The Bishop and The Priest
  22. 17 Marie Melmotte Hears a Love Tale
  23. 18 Ruby Ruggles Hears a Love Tale
  24. 19 Hetta Carbury Hears a Love Tale
  25. 20 Lady Pomona’s Dinner Party
  26. 21 Everybody Goes to Them
  27. 22 Lord Nidderdale’s Morality
  28. 23 ‘Yes;— I’m a Baronet’
  29. 24 Miles Grendall’s Triumph
  30. 25 In Grosvenor Square
  31. 26 Mrs. Hurtle
  32. 27 Mrs. Hurtle Goes to the Play
  33. 28 Dolly Longestaffe Goes into the City
  34. 29 Miss Melmotte’s Courage
  35. 30 Mr. Melmotte’s Promise
  36. 31 Mr. Broune Has Made Up His Mind
  37. 32 Lady Monogram
  38. 33 John Crumb
  39. 34 Ruby Ruggles Obeys Her Grandfather
  40. 35 Melmotte’s Glory
  41. 36 Mr. Broune’s Perils
  42. 37 The Board-Room
  43. 38 Paul Montague’s Troubles
  44. 39 ‘I Do Love Him’
  45. 40 ‘Unanimity Is the Very Soul of These Things’
  46. 41 All Prepared
  47. 42 ‘Can You Be Ready in Ten Minutes?’
  48. 43 The City Road
  49. 44 The Coming Election
  50. 45 Mr. Melmotte Is Pressed for Time
  51. 46 Roger Carbury and His Two Friends
  52. 47 Mrs. Hurtle at Lowestoffe
  53. 48 Ruby a Prisoner
  54. 49 Sir Felix Makes Himself Ready
  55. 50 The Journey to Liverpool
  56. 51 Which Shall It Be?
  57. 52 The Results of Love and Wine
  58. 53 A Day in the City
  59. 54 The India Office
  60. 55 Clerical Charities
  61. 56 Father Barham Visits London
  62. 57 Lord Nidderdale Tries His Hand Again
  63. 58 Mr. Squercum Is Employed
  64. 59 The Dinner
  65. 60 Miss Longestaffe’s Lover
  66. 61 Lady Monogram Prepares for the Party
  67. 62 The Party
  68. 63 Mr. Melmotte on the Day of the Election
  69. 64 The Election
  70. 65 Miss Longestaffe Writes Home
  71. 66 ‘So Shall Be My Enmity’
  72. 67 Sir Felix Protects His Sister
  73. 68 Miss Melmotte Declares Her Purpose
  74. 69 Melmotte in Parliament
  75. 70 Sir Felix Meddles with Many Matters
  76. 71 John Crumb Falls into Trouble
  77. 72 ‘Ask Himself
  78. 73 Marie’s Fortune
  79. 74 Melmotte Makes a Friend
  80. 75 In Bruton Street
  81. 76 Hetta and Her Lover
  82. 77 Another Scene in Bruton Street
  83. 78 Miss Longestaffe Again at Caversham
  84. 79 The Brehgert Correspondence
  85. 80 Ruby Prepares for Service
  86. 81 Mr. Cohenlupe Leaves London
  87. 82 Marie’s Perseverance
  88. 83 Melmotte Again at the House
  89. 84 Paul Montague’s Vindication
  90. 85 Breakfast in Berkeley Square
  91. 86 The Meeting in Bruton Street
  92. 87 Down at Carbury
  93. 88 The Inquest
  94. 89 ‘The Wheel of Fortune’
  95. 90 Hetta’s Sorrow
  96. 91 The Rivals
  97. 92 Hamilton K. Fisker Again
  98. 93 A True Lover
  99. 94 John Crumb’s Victory
  100. 95 The Longestaffe Marriages
  101. 96 Where ‘The Wild Asses Quench Their Thirst’
  102. 97 Mrs. Hurtle’s Fate
  103. 98 Marie Melmotte’s Fate
  104. 99 Lady Carbury and Mr. Broune
  105. 100 Down in Suffolk