The Way We Live Now

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The Way We Live Now is a satirical Victorian novel by Anthony Trollope that critiques the greed, corruption, and social pretensions of 19th-century British society.

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instanceOf Victorian novel
novel
satirical novel
adaptedAs television series
author Anthony Trollope
centralPlotElement fraudulent railway scheme
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
critiques Victorian high society
financial capitalism
political corruption
press and journalism
depicts London society
Parliamentary politics
aristocracy
nouveau riche
firstPublished 1875
genre political novel
satire
social novel
hasISBN 9780140433924
hasLiterarySignificance considered one of Anthony Trollope's greatest novels
inspiredBy contemporary financial scandals
language English
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
mainCharacter Augustus Melmotte
Hetta Carbury
Lady Carbury
Mrs Hurtle
Paul Montague
Sir Felix Carbury
mainTheme class and status
corruption
financial speculation
greed
moral decay
social pretension
narrativeStyle third-person narration
notableAdaptation 2001 BBC television serial "The Way We Live Now"
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationFormat serial
publishedInSerialFormIn The Graphic
publisher Chapman and Hall
setInPeriod 19th-century Britain
structure two volumes
tone critical
satirical
workOf Anthony Trollope

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Anthony Trollope notableWork The Way We Live Now