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The Way We Live Now
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Length: 37 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
The Way We Live Now is a complex and compulsive tale that traces the career of Augustus Melmotte, a strange and mysterious financier who bursts into London society like a guided missile. In setting up a dubious scheme based on speculative money and stock market gambles, Melmotte manages to lure in several members of the English aristocracy, for whom money is the summum bonum. The world is at his feet - until the corruption catches up with him.
Considered one of Trollope's greatest works, The Way We Live Now leaves the listener questioning whether much has changed in the last century or whether this, after all, is the way we live now.
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- cnutr
- 09-10-17
Enjoyable and long.
Well read. Good story but a bit repetitive, probably because published originally in monthly parts. You could skim a bit if reading but it might be best for listening if lightly pruned.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-11-16
Epic
Hard to imagine the how the author could complete this masterpiece. Colossal social historical drama
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- Rosie C.B.
- 11-08-16
A joyous marathon
Loved the parallels with today's capitalism. The narrator was a joy to listen to. One of Trollope's best.
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- Gautier
- 25-09-17
Marvellous
Mr. David Shaw-Parker's marvellous performance makes Trollope's masterpiece truly unforgettable. The story is told with absolute mastery, with ever so many different accents and voices that every character appears as having a life of its own.
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- gtbkidd
- 01-05-17
Brilliant all round..
Superbly read and typically wonderful Trollope. Brilliant all round, and heartily to be recommended. should be compulsory for all students of English literature.
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- David Bisset
- 24-08-18
An excellent rendition
The novel has a large number of chacters, and David Shaw-Parker deals with the challenges involved with consummate skill. His pace is just right for a massive novel. The Way we Live now is regarded as Trollope's masterpiece: this narration is worthy of the great novel.
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- Kindle Customer
- 30-01-21
Slow start but stick with it- a classic
A slow start but this novel rewards perseverance. A must for anyone interested in Victorian politics and society.
the narrator is outstanding
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- margaret curtis
- 24-05-23
terrific
very enjoyable and well narrated by Shaw-Parker . Anthony Trollope books are brilliantly written
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