Sybil: or The Two Nations

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Benjamin Disraeli Nicholas Shrimpton (Emeritus Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford)

Sybil

or The Two Nations

Benjamin Disraeli, Nicholas Shrimpton (Emeritus Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford)

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Worlds Classics
23 February 2017

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Series: Oxford World's Classics

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.

By: Benjamin Disraeli
Edited by: Nicholas Shrimpton (Emeritus Fellow Lady Margaret Hall University of Oxford)
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9780198759898
ISBN 10: 0198759894
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 23 February 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Note on the Text Select Bibliography Chronology SYBIL Explanatory Notes

Nicholas Shrimpton is the editor of Trollope's The Prime Minister (2011) and The Warden (2014) for Oxford World's Classics. His most recent title for Oxford World's Classics is Trollope's An Autobiography (2016). He is currently completing an edition of Matthew Arnold's poetry and a book on Arnold's early poetry.

Reviews for Sybil: or The Two Nations

perfect timing for this new edition ... with a brilliant introduction that throws fresh light on Disraeli's views, explains the novel's culutural roots and defends its place as an accomplished work of fiction in its own right * The Lady *