Sybil (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Disraeli, Benjamin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199539057 ISBN 13: 9780199539055

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2009

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.

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About this title

About the Author:

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, was an English statesman and literary figure.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199539057
• ISBN 13: 9780199539055
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Smith Sheila