# Mr. Booker — The Way We Live Now character guide

> Mr. Booker in The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dear Mr. Booker, poor Mr. Booker

**First appearance:** 0010-xi-lady-carbury-at-home

## Who they are

A literary man and friend of Lady Carbury.

## In the story

### [Three Editors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_we_live_now_se/chapters/i-three-editors)

Editor of the 'Literary Chronicle'; a hardworking but compromised literary man who trades praise for mutual benefit despite his conscience.

### [Lady Carbury at Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_way_we_live_now_se/chapters/xi-lady-carbury-at-home)

Editor of the Literary Chronicle, writes a positive but superficial review of Lady Carbury's book.

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