The Way We Live Now Author:Anthony Trollope With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, Canterbury Christ Church College. — Trollope paints a picture as panoramic as his title promises, of the life of 1870s London, the loves of those drawn to and through the city, and the career of Augustus Melmotte. Melmotte is one of the Victorian novel s greatest and strangest creations, and T... more »he Way We Live Now is an achievement undimmed by the passage of time.« less