{"product_id":"anthony-trollope-the-way-we-live-now-1994","title":"Anthony Trollope: The Way We Live Now [1994]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Way We Live Now\u003c\/i\u003e is Anthony Trollope's radical exploration of the dangers associated with speculative capitalism, edited with an introduction and notes by Frank Kermode in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAugustus 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank Kermode's introduction explores the real-life inspiration for Trollope's masterly satire. This edition also includes detailed notes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnthony Trollope (1815-82) had an unhappy childhood characterised by a stark contrast between his family's high social standing and their comparative poverty. He wrote his earliest novels while working as a Post Office inspector, but did not meet with success until the publication of the first of his 'Barsetshire novels', \u003ci\u003eThe Warden\u003c\/i\u003e (1855). As well as writing over forty novels, including such popular works as \u003ci\u003eCan You Forgive Her? \u003c\/i\u003e(1865)\u003ci\u003e, Phineas Finn \u003c\/i\u003e(1869)\u003ci\u003e, He Knew He Was Right \u003c\/i\u003e(1869) and \u003ci\u003eThe Way We Live Now\u003c\/i\u003e (1875) Trollope is credited with introducing the postbox to England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Way We Live Now,\u003c\/i\u003e you might like William Makepeace Thackeray's \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Trollope's masterpiece ... its examination of how hopes of easy money can corrupt remains relevant today' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trollope, Anthony \u0026 Kermode, Frank","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53978858455379,"sku":"9780140433920","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":53978858422611,"sku":"XV80140433920","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/trollope-anthony-kermode-frank-anthony-trollope-the-way-we-live-now-1994-1243985170.jpg?v=1781211734","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/anthony-trollope-the-way-we-live-now-1994","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}