The Way We Live Now (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Trollope, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192835610 ISBN 13: 9780192835611

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1999

Synopsis

This is a reissue of the previous World's Classics edition in the new, larger format and with the series name changed to 'Oxford World's Classics'.

About this title

Review:

"Trollope's masterpiece...its examination of how hopes of easy money can corrupt individuals and sections of society remains relevant today... It is all too easy to imagine the "Great Financier", Augustus Melmotte a shadowy, egotistical and tyrannical swindler, at the top of a contemporary investment bank." (Observer)

"Dominating the narrative is the majestically dishonest Augustus Melmotte: a speculative railroad financier who buys an English society only too willing to sell itself...The darkest of Trollope's 47 novels." --(Guardian)

"A tale of financial skulduggery reminiscent of recent city scandals" --(Daily Telegraph)

"His subtle depiction of relationships and the struggle to make decisions is unrivalled. He's so funny, so perceptive, so clear-sighted about the pursuit of money and power and status. Everyone with a pulse should read him." --(Francesca Simon Guardian)

Book Description:

Trollope's magnificent and prescient satire about a dishonest financier who buys his way into a corrupt society, and throws it into turmoil

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0192835610
• ISBN 13: 9780192835611
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1024
• Editor: Sutherland John