Not! "The Way We Live Now"

Renate · 07-02-2024, 01:31 PM

I always thought that I had read "The Way We Live Now", Anthony Trollope. But when I took a glance through it and realized that it was ~750 pages it didn't ring a bell. I realized that I had been conflating it with some shortish, futuristic (but not science fiction) book. Something similar to "Paris in the Twentieth Century", Jules Verne. But there was some similarity to the title. Any guesses?

Quoth · 07-02-2024, 05:04 PM

Mark Twain, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) (Samuel Clemens)
Charles Dickens has some aspects in "Little Dorrit" (Book 1857), also Hard Times: For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) (1854).

See also H. G. Wells, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells_bibliography.

Jules Verne is maybe less likely? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne_bibliography

Quoth · 07-02-2024, 05:06 PM

Also maybe today is much like 1860s to 1890s in some respects?

Renate · 07-02-2024, 06:19 PM

Thanks.

I did read "The Gilded Age" and you had me going for a while.
Maybe the sap is running out of my brain.
I seem to remember it as something "off-the-cuff" from some known writer.
Maybe it was "Paris in the Twentieth Century".
Grrr...

sqdancer · 07-05-2024, 06:31 PM

Could it have been Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy?

Renate · 07-05-2024, 06:58 PM

Thanks, but I don't think so.

I started reading the Trollope. Initially it drew a blank with Lady Carbury, but as I progressed I remembered the whole thing.

I don't know which book that I was thinking of.

Renate · 08-24-2024, 08:30 AM

Thanks! I'll hit Forster.

I did re-read the Trollope. I had read it.

07-02-2024, 01:31 PM	#1
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 3,311 Karma: 13470629 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	Not! "The Way We Live Now" I always thought that I had read "The Way We Live Now", Anthony Trollope. But when I took a glance through it and realized that it was ~750 pages it didn't ring a bell. I realized that I had been conflating it with some shortish, futuristic (but not science fiction) book. Something similar to "Paris in the Twentieth Century", Jules Verne. But there was some similarity to the title. Any guesses?

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Quoth Reading till the spring Posts: 12,518 Karma: 94058919 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Mark Twain, The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) (Samuel Clemens) Charles Dickens has some aspects in "Little Dorrit" (Book 1857), also Hard Times: For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) (1854). See also H. G. Wells, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells_bibliography. Jules Verne is maybe less likely? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne_bibliography

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Quoth Reading till the spring Posts: 12,518 Karma: 94058919 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Also maybe today is much like 1860s to 1890s in some respects?

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Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 3,311 Karma: 13470629 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	Thanks. I did read "The Gilded Age" and you had me going for a while. Maybe the sap is running out of my brain. I seem to remember it as something "off-the-cuff" from some known writer. Maybe it was "Paris in the Twentieth Century". Grrr...

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sqdancer Guru Posts: 629 Karma: 891247 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Canada Device: Sony T2 T3, Kobo Glo, AuraHD, H2O, GloHD, Clara, Libra2, Kindle NT PW4	Could it have been Looking Backward by Edward Bellamy?

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Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 3,311 Karma: 13470629 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	Thanks, but I don't think so. I started reading the Trollope. Initially it drew a blank with Lady Carbury, but as I progressed I remembered the whole thing. I don't know which book that I was thinking of.

08-24-2024, 08:30 AM	#7
Renate Onyx-maniac Posts: 3,311 Karma: 13470629 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Nook NST, Glow2, 3, 4, '21, Kobo Aura2, Poke3, Poke5, Go6	Thanks! I'll hit Forster. I did re-read the Trollope. I had read it.