The Way They Lived Then is The Way We Live Now

from Between The Covers · host Jay Ruud and Stacey Margaret Jones

Jay adds Anthony Trollope’s The Way We Live Now to his list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in English this week. This long Victorian novel, which was initially serialized and then published in 1875, focuses on the greed and dishonesty of all facets of life in the second half of the 19th century in Great Britain by following a financial scammer and his marks. Chaos reader talks about a New York Times listicle that is currently running her life.

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