The Way We Live Now (Annotated)

The Way We Live Now is Anthony Trollope's great satirical panorama of Victorian Britain in the age of speculation, journalism, and social ambition. Centered on the financier Augustus Melmotte and the dubious railway scheme that draws aristocrats, politicians, and writers into his orbit, the novel exposes a society enthralled by money and appearances. Its expansive realist style, moral irony, and i...