The Way We Live Now (Modern Library Classics)
by Trollope, Anthony; Brooks, David [Introduction]
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0375757317
- ISBN 13
- 9780375757310
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Synopsis
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.
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- Title
- The Way We Live Now (Modern Library Classics)
- Author
- Trollope, Anthony; Brooks, David [Introduction]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0375757317
- ISBN 13
- 9780375757310
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001-08-14
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