The Way We Live Now
- First published
- 1875
- Reading level
- Easy
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The Way We Live Now" by Anthony Trollope is a satirical novel published in 1875. Inspired by financial scandals of the early 1870s, it exposes the greed and dishonesty pervading Victorian commercial and political life. The story centers on Augustus Melmotte, a mysterious financier who arrives in London with grand ambitions. His railway scheme entangles aristocrats, a dissolute baronet pursuing Melmotte's daughter for her fortune, and various others whose lives become dangerously intertwined with his corrupt enterprise. Trollope's longest work dramatizes moral corruption across all levels of society.
- Satire
- London (England)
- Mate selection
- Commercial crimes
- Capitalists and financiers
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #5231. The Way We Live Now on Wikipedia.
