The Way We Live Now (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- First Published: 1874
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: February to August, 1873
- Setting: London and Suffolk, England
- Genres: Long fiction, Bourgeois fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Marriage, England or English people, Upper classes, London, Victorian era or Victorianism
- Locales: London, England, Suffolk, England
Characters Discussed
Lady Carbury, a aspiring writer trying to arrange favorable reviews for her book Criminal Queens. Since the death of her abusive husband, she has sought literary fame and friends for herself, but she also anguishes over the wasted life of her son Felix, the one human being to whom she is devoted. She also is irritated by her daughter Hetta’s insistence on making her own marriage choice. Lady Carbury finally has to accept Felix’s failure and Hetta’s romantic marriage to Paul Montague, as well as her own inadequacies as an author, but she finds...
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