Sybil: or, The Two Nations

Two nations, the rich and the poor, in the England of the Chartists - a young aristocrat discovers the factory towns and the girl who lives in them. Disraeli coined the phrase two nations here, and used the novel as the argument he would later govern by. This edition is bound with 56 plates of pa...

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) was a British statesman and novelist born in London, twice prime minister and a novelist of reputation before he was a politician. He wrote novels before, during and after his political career, and was made Earl of Beaconsfield in 1876. His works include Vivian Grey,...