Sybil or The Two Nations (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Disraeli, Benjamin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199539057 ISBN 13: 9780199539055

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2008

Synopsis

Sybil, or The Two Nations is one of the finest novels to depict the social problems of class-ridden Victorian England. The book's publication in 1845 created a sensation, for its immediacy and readability brought the plight of the working classes sharply to the attention of the reading public. The 'two nations' of the alternative title are the rich and poor, so disparate in their opportunities and living conditions, and so hostile to each other that they seem almost to belong to different countries. The gulf between them is given a poignant focus by the central romantic plot concerning the love of Charles Egremont, a member of the landlord class, for Sybil, the poor daughter of a militant Chartist leader.

About this title

About the Author:

Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) was a British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and dandy who twice served as Prime Minister. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs. He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and power of the British Empire. He is to date the only British Prime Minister of Jewish birth. In the 1840s he wrote a trilogy of novels with political themes. His last completed novels were Lothair (1870) and Endymion (1880).

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199539057
• ISBN 13: 9780199539055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Smith Sheila