The way we live now
By: by Anthony Trollope
Edition: Copyright ed.
Series: Collection of British authors, Tauchnitz ed -- v. 1493-1494, 1506-1507; Collection of British and American authors -- v. 1493-1494, 1506-1507
Publisher: B. Tauchnitz
Published: 1875
Place of publication: Leipzig
Language: eng
Subjects: Capitalists and financiers; Fiction; Commercial crimes
Description: Centering on a Ponzi scheme that involves the building of an American railroad from Salt Lake City to Vera Cruz, Mexico, and utilizing a cast of mid-Victorian financiers, investors and social climbers, Trollope's longest novel provides a satirical portrait of dishonesty and corruption that pervades the highest levels of society.
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