First Edition. One of the longest works by Anthony Trollope and widely considered one of his greatest novels, The Way We Live Now (1875) is a sweeping satire of Victorian society. The story centres on the rise and fall of the mysterious financier Augustus Melmotte, whose grand financial schemes captivate London’s aristocracy and business world. Through a rich cast of characters and intertwined plots, Trollope exposes the greed, speculation, and social ambition of the age. Clean covers, with some markings to the pages. Pencil outline of the title on the first tissue guard. The novel remains one of the most powerful literary critiques of wealth and corruption in nineteenth-century Britain.