Way We Live Now The V2 Author:Anthony Trollope Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now (1875) satirizes Victorian greed and moral bankruptcy. Augustus Melmotte, a corrupt foreign-born financier, settles in London and tries to enter society. Lady Carbury, a widow and the mother of Felix and Henrietta, plans to marry off her son to Melmotte's daughter so as to lessen her family's financial diff... more »iculties. This editon is in 2 volumes. The Second volume isbn is 9781427069917.« less