The Way We Live Now, or Trollope in Vanity Fair
Trollope had a great admiration for Thackeray the novelist. Although he was never really influenced by him, he came close to him in The Way We Live Now (1875), one of his late novels, by exploring the territory of Vanity Fair with a satirical purpose. There are striking similitudes between Trollope...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
2026
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Trollope had a great admiration for Thackeray the novelist. Although he was never really influenced by him, he came close to him in The Way We Live Now (1875), one of his late novels, by exploring the territory of Vanity Fair with a satirical purpose. There are striking similitudes between Trollope’s novel and Thackeray’s masterpiece. There are also obvious differences, for Thackeray’s satire is characterized by the mildness of the Horatian tradition, whereas Trollope’s belongs to the more bitter and savage Juvenalian tradition. The conclusion of the article tries to achieve a synthesis between Tony Tanner’s interpretation of the novel and James Kincaid’s. Despite its reassuring ending, it is indeed a dark novel in which Trollope reveals the murkiest aspects of Vanity Fair. |
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