Sybil, or the Two Nations - Couverture souple

Disraeli, Benjamin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1605973408 ISBN 13 : 9781605973401

Editeur : Book Jungle, 2008

Synopsis

Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesman and novelist. He was Prime Minister in 1868 and 1874. He gave the Conservative Party a policy of Tory democracy and imperialism. His travels furnished him with material for the Oriental descriptions he used in later novels and influenced his attitude toward foreign relations with India, Egypt, and Turkey in the 1870s. Disraeli uses the looming events of a country as a backdrop for the romance in this novel. Sybil is truly a good person. Egremont is a reformed aristocrat who loves her. Egremont has a scheming mother. These three provide the basis for a classic forbidden love story. Parliament, country houses, industrial towns and lower class regions intermingle in this novel. 19th century Britain is shown through Disraeli's diversified characters. to be a land in great flux.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure. He served in government in four decades, twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Sybil, or The Two Nations is “novel with a thesis”, which was published in 1845 and is about a political issue and the extreme differences among the rich and poor people of Britain. There is the love story of Charles and Sybil amidst hot political affair.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book Jungle
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1605973408
• ISBN 13: 9781605973401
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 404
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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