Far be it from me to turn this book review blog into a political commentary, but after just watching a segment on Lawrence O'Donnell on a shady Trump deal in Mexico, I just have to say that a Donald Trump was foreseen by Anthony Trollope in The Way We Live Now when he created the character Melmotte, who enters the political realm in England from a vague but somehow glamorous business past. Everyone is enamored with his wealth, but he eventually learns that politics may be a step too far. He even has a shady railroad deal out in the American West, which proves to be more than questionable.
Read your classics, people. It could serve you in good stead in areas you least expect it...
Read your classics, people. It could serve you in good stead in areas you least expect it...
Yes, indeed, wise novelists and historians of the past have predicted so much of what goes on today, haven't they?!
ReplyDeleteYes, if only we'd all read a few more of them already...
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