The way we live now
Trollope, Anthony, 1815-18821994
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Augustus Melmotte is a fraudulent foreign financier who preys on dissolute nobility, using charm to tempt the weak into making foolish investments in his dubious schemes. Persuaded to put money into a notional plot to run a railroad from San Francisco to Santa Cruz, the capricious gambler Felix Carbury soon becomes one of his victims.
Main title:
The way we live now / Anthony Trollope ; edited with an introduction and notes by Frank Kermode.
Edition:
New ed.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, c1994.
Collation:
xxiv,779p. ; 20cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9780140433920 (pbk)
Dewey class:
FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
275722
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