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Title details for The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope - Available

The Way We Live Now

by Anthony Trollope
David Shaw-Parker
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The Way We Live Now is a complex and compulsive tale that traces the career of Augustus Melmotte, a strange and mysterious financier who bursts into London society like a guided missile. In setting up a dubious scheme based on speculative money and stock market gambles, Melmotte manages to lure in several members of the English aristocracy, for whom money is the summum bonum. The world is at his feet, until the corruption catches up with him. Considered one of Trollope's greatest works, The Way We Live Now leaves the listener questioning whether much has changed in the last century, or if this, after all, is the way we live now.

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  • Release date

    March 1, 2016

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781843799412
      • File size: 1070293 KB
      • Duration: 37:09:46

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1080
    • Text Difficulty: 7-9

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      When Augustus Melmotte moves to London in a blaze of splendor, the English upper class is both confused and awed by this upstart with an enigmatic past. Trollope's 1875 novel deals with many vices of the period including financial scandal, social climbing, and arranged marriages. British actor David Shaw-Parker's almost iambic cadence makes his narration of the novel pleasant to the ear. His vocal characterizations are especially entertaining. From Felix Carbury's unconcerned tone to Melmotte's imposing manner, Shaw-Parker captures the essence of each character. When he voices American businessman Hamilton K. Fisker, his American accent is so convincing that he sounds like a different narrator entirely. Although the novel itself is lengthy, Shaw-Parker holds the listener spellbound. D.M.W. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1080
  • Text Difficulty:7-9

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