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The Way We Live Now

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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.

Author Biography:

Anthony Trollope, British novelist (1815-1882)
Release date NZ
April 28th, 1994
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributors
  • Edited by Frank Kermode
  • Introduction by Frank Kermode
  • Notes by Frank Kermode
Pages
816
Dimensions
129x198x34
ISBN-13
9780140433920
Product ID
1743440

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