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The Way We Live Now
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The Way We Live Now
Financier Augustus Melmotte arrives in London surrounded by rumors of immense wealth and uses a speculative railway scheme to draw politicians and aristocrats into his orbit. His daughter Marie becomes both an heiress and a bargaining tool while young men pursue her fortune and families gamble their futures on Melmotte's credibility. Parallel courtships and careers reveal a society ready to condemn fraud only after profiting from it becomes impossible. Savage, crowded, and strikingly modern in its treatment of financial hype, this novel rewards readers interested in corruption, journalism, political vanity, and the dangerous moment when collective wishful thinking begins to collapse.
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Suicide by poison; domestic and physical abuse; financial fraud and ruin; gambling and heavy alcohol use; infidelity/sexual impropriety; antisemitism and other period prejudice.
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A warming pour with a sharp edge suits an unhurried afternoon between the pages.
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