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24%OFFAnthony Trollope - The Way We Live Now - 9780099528661 - V9780099528661
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The Way We Live Now

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Description for The Way We Live Now Paperback. When the Melmottes arrive in London everyone agrees their manners are wanting, their taste is execrable and their lineage and background decidedly shadowy. But their money is far from revolting, and city society quickly makes allowances for the mysterious financier and his family. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 42. Weight in Grams: 616.

‘A tale of financial skulduggery reminiscent of recent city scandals’ Daily Telegraph

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When the Melmottes arrive in London everyone agrees their manners are wanting, their taste is excerable and their lineage and background decidedly shadowy. But their money is far from revolting, and city society quickly makes allowances for the mysterious financier and his family. Soon hearts, minds and family savings are swept into the whirl of Augustus Melmotte's lavish parties and exciting investment plans - but is it all an elaborate swindle?

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
880
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
880
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099528661
SKU
V9780099528661
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About Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope was born on 24 April 1815 and attended both Harrow and Winchester schools. His family were poor and eventually were forced to move to Belgium, where his father died. His mother, Frances Trollope, supported the family through writing. Trollope began a life-long career in the civil service with a position as clerk in the General Post Office in ... Read more

Reviews for The Way We Live Now
Trollope's masterpiece...its examination of how hopes of easy money can corrupt individuals and sections of society remains relevant today... It is all too easy to imagine the "Great Financier", Augustus Melmotte a shadowy, egotistical and tyrannical swindler, at the top of a contemporary investment bank.
Observer
Dominating the narrative is the majestically dishonest Augustus Melmotte: a speculative railroad ... Read more

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