The Way We Live Now

Lady Carbury, her daughter Henrietta and her son Felix are at the center of endless dramas in this Victorian novel. Passionate promises are made and broken amidst a swirl of gambling debts, fortune seeking, and social climbing. The young, innocent Henrietta has a lot to learn about the world.

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• 1: Three Editors
• 2: The Carbury Family
• 3: The Beargarden
• 4: Madame Melmotte's Ball
• 5: After The Ball
• 6: Roger Carbury and Paul Montague
• 7: Mentor
• 8: Love Sick
• 9: The Great Railway to Vera Cruz
• 10: Mr Fisker's Success
• 11: Lady Carbury At Home
• 12: Sir Felix in his Mother's House
• 13: The Longestaffes
• 14: Carbury Manor
• 15: You Should Remember That I Am His Mother
• 16: The Bishop and the Priest
• 17: Marie Melmotte Hears a Love Tale
• 18: Ruby Ruggles Hears a Love Tale
• 19: Hetta Carbury Hears a Love Tale
• 20: Lady Pomona's Dinner Party
• 21: Everybody Goes To Them
• 22: Lord Nidderdale's Morality
• 23: Yes I'm a Baronet
• 24: Miles Grendall's Triumph
• 25: In Grosvenor Square
• 26: Mrs. Hurtle
• 27: Mrs. Hurtle Goes to the Play
• 28: Dolly Longestaffe Goes Into The City
• 29: Miss Melmotte's Courage
• 30: Mr Melmotte's Promise
• 31: Mr Broune Has Made Up His Mind
• 32: Lady Monogram
• 33: John Crumb
• 34: Ruby Ruggles Obeys Her Grandfather
• 35: Melmotte's Glory
• 36: Mr Broune's Perils
• 37: The Board-Room
• 38: Paul Montague's Troubles
• 39: I Do Love Him
• 40: Unanimity Is The Very Soul Of These Things
• 41: All Prepared
• 42: Can You Be Ready In Ten Minutes
• 43: The City Road
• 44: The Coming Election
• 45: Mr Melmotte Is Pressed For Time
• 46: Roger Carbury And His Two Friends
• 47: Mrs Hurtle At Lowestoft
• 48: Ruby A Prisoner
• 49: Sir Felix Makes Himself Ready
• 50: The Journey To Liverpool
• 51: Which Shall It Be?
• 52: The Results of Love and Wine
• 53: A Day In The City
• 54: The India Office
• 55: Clerical Charities
• 56: Father Barham Visits London
• 57: Lord Nidderdale Tries His Hand Again
• 58: Mr Squercum is Employed
• 59: The Dinner
• 60: Miss Longestaffe's Lover
• 61: Lady Monogram Prepares for the Party
• 62: The Party
• 63: Mr Melmotte on the Day of the Election
• 64: The Election
• 65: Miss Longestaffe Writes Home
• 66: So Shall Be My Enmity
• 67: Sir Felix Protects His Sister
• 68: Miss Melmotte Declares Her Purpose
• 69: Melmotte In Parliament
• 70: Sir Felix Meddles With Many Matters
• 71: John Crumb Falls Into Trouble
• 72: Ask Himself
• 73: Marie's Fortune
• 74: Melmotte Makes a Friend
• 75: In Bruton Street
• 76: Hetta and Her Lover
• 77: Another Scene In Bruton Street
• 78: Miss Longestaffe Again at Caversham
• 79: The Brehgert Correspondence
• 80: Ruby Prepares for Service
• 81: Mr Cohenlupe Leaves London
• 82: Marie's Perseverance
• 83: Melmotte Again At The House
• 84: Paul Montague's Vindication
• 85: Breakfast in Berkeley Square
• 86: The Meeting In Bruton Street
• 87: Down at Carbury
• 88: The Inquest
• 89: The Wheel of Fortune
• 90: Hetta's Sorrow
• 91: The Rivals
• 92: Hamilton K. Fisker Again
• 93: A True Lover
• 94: John Crumb's Victory
• 95: The Longestaffe Marriages
• 96: Where The Wild Asses Quench Their Thirst
• 97: Mrs Hurtle's Fate
• 98: Marie Melmotte's Fate
• 99: Lady Carbury And Mr Broune
• 100: Down in Suffolk