The Way We Live Now

Consisting of 100 chapters and nearly a 1,000 pages in length, this satirical saga was one of the last great Victorian serials, and it was savaged by critics when it first began being periodically published in 1875. After years in the British colonies, Trollope returned to London and the South East......more

Virginia Woolf called Middlemarch "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people," one of my favorite things anyone's ever said about a book. They're sortof surprisingly rare, right? Top Five Novels For Grown-Up People 5. Remains of the Day 4. War & Peace 3. Mrs. Dalloway 2. The Way We Live N......more

As good the fourth time as the first. A brilliant, engaging read, a fascinating exploration of money, power and class in the Victorian period.......more

A great novel, perhaps Trollope's best. But it's not the one I usually recommend to those who have never read Trollope and want to try him. For one thing, it's very long. For another, it's pretty dark. There are a lot of characters in this novel, and almost every one of them views money as the summu......more

I listened to this as an audiobook. It took me almost 5 months, which perhaps makes you think that I did not enjoy it. In fact though, the opposite is the case. I loved every minute of it! At a hundred chapters long, The Way We Live Now is Anthony Trollope’s longest stand-alone novel. I listened to i......more