Broadview Encore Editions The Way We Live Now, (Paperback)

from dmarsh451

Such a treat to read. Many characters. Many predicaments. But all brought together so deftly. And I never once got that compensatory urge to pitch the book against a wall in lieu of smacking the whiny little mouths within. This book also explained the recent financial crisis to me as Trollope def...

from AlexTheHunn

Trollope weaves multiple plot lines with ease and confidence such that the reader is never in doubt. Trollope explores the thin veneer of civility and sophistication that covered society. Those who are decent and upright differ only slightly from the social climbing, or money-hungry. Trollope exp...

from cdeuker

Trollope's analysis of greed in Victorian England. A wise author in the old-fashioned sense of the word. Melmotte, the villain, could be drawn from Bernie Madoff. Life definitely imitates art. Trollope lacks the social outrage of Dickens, but he doesn't fall nearly so much into the stereotyped ch...

from JBD1

Darker than the Barsetshire books, but with the same way of getting at the humanity of his characters. Delightfully complex, wickedly funny ... it may look like a long read, but the time just flies right by.

from BeyondEdenRock

Before I fell in love with Trollope I couldn't have told you a great deal about his books, but I would have told you that I understood ‘The Way We Live Now' to be his biggest, his greatest, his most enduring work. Now that I've read it I can't disagree with my earlier evaluation. I found the Trol...