The Young Duke: A Moral Tale, Though Gay. With Philip Rollo; or, the Scottish Musketeers

Benjamin Disraeli; James Grant

Edité par Routledge, Warne and Routledge 1861-4, London, 1861

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Two novels from great nineteenth century writers bound into one. Disraeli turned towards literature after his financial disaster, motivated in part by a desperate need for money, and brought out his first novel, Vivian Grey, in 1826. The Young Duke was his second novel, first published in 1831. Disraeli's writing is generally interesting, and his books teem with striking thoughts, shrewd maxims, and brilliant phrases which stick in the memory; on the other hand, he is often artificial, extravagant, and turgid. Critic William Kuhn argued that much of his fiction can be read as "the memoirs he never wrote", revealing the inner life of a politician for whom the norms of Victorian public life appeared to represent a social straitjacket particularly with regard to his allegedly "ambiguous sexuality." James Grant (1822 1887) was a Scottish author. Grant was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was a distant relation of Sir Walter Scott. He was a prolific author. Many of his 56 novels are about important characters and events in Scottish history. In 1853 he founded the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights. In a half crushed morocco binding. Externally sound though somewhat rubbed. The hinges are strained but holding firm. Internally, firmly bound, bright and clean throughout. There is an ink signature to the front advertisement, and another to the title of Philip Rollo. Very Good.

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• Titre: The Young Duke: A Moral Tale, Though Gay. With Philip Rollo; or, the Scottish Musketeers
• Éditeur: Routledge, Warne and Routledge 1861-4, London
• Date de parution: 1861
• Reliure: Leather
• Illustrateur: None
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Type de livre: book