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