The Way We Live Now
- author
- Anthony Trollope
- Narrator
- Timothy West
- Length
- 32 hours
- Publisher
- BBC
- Catalogue #
- 7943
- Categories
- Classic Fiction
- Reviews
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Augustus Melmotte has the reputation of being a great financier, but when it is revealed that his prize speculation is a huge confidence trick he is socially disgraced - and commits suicide. The sordidness of his affairs affects his daughter's chances in the marriage-mart.