Article: The genius of Trollope; Sex, greed and ambition...why this Victorian masterpiece is as relevant now as 125 years ago.

Byline: JOHN MORTIMER

THE new Sunday night costume drama series, The Way We Live Now, is an oasis in the desert of today's television. And, surprise, surprise, it really is about the way we live now - 2001 has an extraordinary resemblance to the England a century and a quarter ago when Anthony Trollope sat down to write his masterpiece.

Trollope looked out with indignation, sadness and savage humour at a world where honest and decent values were in decline.

Sleaze and sycophancy were rewarded with success. The Hooray Henries of the day, such as Trollope's character Sir Felix Carbury, got drunk in the wine bars and clubs of their times, seduced ...

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