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The Way We Live Now

About The Way We Live Now

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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780140433920
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 816
  • Published:
  • April 27, 1994
  • Dimensions:
  • 129x196x37 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 560 g.
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Description of The Way We Live Now

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.

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