The Way We Live Now Author:Anthony Trollope In this world of bribes, vendettas, and swindling, in which heiresses are gambled and won, Trollope's characters embody all the vices: Lady Carbury is "false from head to foot;" her son Felix has "the instincts of a horse, not approaching the higher sympathies of a dog;" and Melmotte?the colossal figure who dominates the book?is a "horrid, big, ... more »rich scoundrel... a bloated swindler... a vile city ruffian."« less