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The Way We Live Now

Anthony Trollope

Start date: April 1, 2020

Finish date: June 30, 2020

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Mar 07, 2016 Chrissie rated it did not like it

Shelves: relationships, 2016-read, disliked, great-britain, victorian, deals, dnf, audible-uk, classics, hf

I have listened to half and I cannot stand it any more. Endlessly long and boring. If you have read one Trollope, you really needn't read more. The same themes are repeated over and over and over again. The same humor repeated umpteen times just isn't funny any more. Let me be clear, read one Trollope and you'll laugh. Read more and you will start to be bored.

What is this book about? The importance of money and social standing. Who will marry who? It is a given that women have no choice but to ...more

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Nov 21, 2018 Jim Townsend rated it really liked it · review of another edition

In Trollope's (1815-82) longest novel, he skewers an English society that worships money, and he does so skilfully enough that the reader doesn't mind hating the characters as long as s/he can find out what happens next. ...more

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Jul 02, 2017 Karen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: travel-the-world, 2017-chunky-book-challenge

I rarely give 5 stars to a book, but I have thoroughly enjoyed one, as much as War and Peace or Bleak House. ...more

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Jun 18, 2017 Linda rated it it was amazing

This is a long book, but is one I absolutely enjoyed. It is remarkably suited to the way we live now and I am very happy to have had it to read NOW. I have recommended it to readers I know and will be giving it as a gift to several people I love,

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Jul 02, 2018 Laura marked it as to-read

Shelves: victorians

2* Miss Mackenzie
3* Orley Farm
3* The American Senator
3* Christmas at Kirkby Cottage
TR Cousin Henry
TR The Three Clerks
TR La Vendee
TR Lady Anna
TR The Way We Live Now

The Palliser series:
4* Can You Forgive Her?
3* Phineas Finn
3* The Eustace Diamonds
TR Phineas Redux
TR The Prime Minister
TR The Duke's Children

The Chronicles of Barsetshire series:
2* The Warden
TR The Barchester Towers
TR Dr. Thorne
TR Framley Parsonage
TR The Small House at Allington
TR The Last Chronicle of Barset ...more

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