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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Victorian novel
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novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | television series ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Trollope ⓘ |
| centralPlotElement | fraudulent railway scheme ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiques |
Victorian high society
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financial capitalism ⓘ political corruption ⓘ press and journalism ⓘ |
| depicts |
London society
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Parliamentary politics ⓘ aristocracy ⓘ nouveau riche ⓘ |
| firstPublished | 1875 ⓘ |
| genre |
political novel
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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
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Hetta Carbury ⓘ Lady Carbury ⓘ Mrs Hurtle ⓘ Paul Montague ⓘ Sir Felix Carbury ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
class and status
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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
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surface form:
London
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| publicationFormat | serial ⓘ |
| publishedInSerialFormIn | The Graphic ⓘ |
| publisher | Chapman and Hall ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 19th-century Britain ⓘ |
| structure | two volumes ⓘ |
| tone |
critical
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satirical ⓘ |
| workOf | Anthony Trollope ⓘ |
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