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

The Way We Live Now (Oxford World's Classics) by Trollope, Anthony. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780199537792.

At first savagely reviewed, The Way We Live Now (1875) has since emerged as Trollopes masterpiece and the most admired of his works. When Trollope returned to England from the colonies in 1872 he was horrified by the immorality and dishonesty he found. In a fever of indignation he sat down to write The Way We Live Now, his longest novel. Nothing escaped the satirists whip: politics, finance, the aristocracy, the literary world, gambling, sex, and much else. In this world of bribes and vendettas, swindling and suicide, in which heiresses are won like gambling stakes, Trollopes characters embody all the vices: Lady Carbury, a 43-year-old coquette, false from head to foot; her son Felix, with the instincts of a horse, not approaching the higher sympathies of a dog; and Melmotte, the colossal figure who dominates the book, a horrid, big, rich scoundrel ... a bloated swindler ... a vile city ruffian. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.