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The Way We Live Now

Anthony Trollope

Start date: May 1, 2013

Finish date: September 30, 2013

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Why we're reading this: This is the group read for May-September. It is a long book, thus the reason for the long reading time.
[close] This is the group read for May-September. It is a long book, thus the reason for the long reading time.

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Aug 10, 2011 Trevor Kidd rated it liked it

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Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now is a hugely sprawling, hugely cynical portrayal of Victorian aristocrats and their vacuous, money-centered morality. As with other Trollope novels, The Way We Live Now is best undertaken by serious readers and fans of Victorian literature. Both the massive length and the dark, cynical tone make it a challenge to finish. I found myself wanting to give up on it many times, but persevering was worth it in the end.

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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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