was published in twenty monthly parts between February 1874 and September 1875. Written in reaction to Trollope’s horror at the greed and dishonesty of Victorian society, it takes a satirical sweep at commerce, politics, marriage and publishing. The novel attracted caustic reviews: the

described it as “singularly barren of fine observations and lively

” (28 August 1875), the

thought that was “carelessly constructed and carelessly written”, and that it was not one of [Trollope’s] best novels (26 June 1875), and a damning review in the

berates the novel’s “sordid baseness” before concluding that Trollope “has made a mistake” (26 June 1875). The novel was not reprinted until 1941, but has since been championed by the…

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Citation: Sullivan, Lindsay. "The Way We Live Now". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=8110, accessed 26 November 2024.]