Sybil (novel) - Wikipedia Sybil (novel) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Sybil, or The Two Nations) Jump to navigation Jump to search 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli This article is about the novel by Benjamin Disraeli. For the non-fiction book about Shirley Ardell Mason's treatment for dissociative identity disorder, see Sybil (Schreiber book). Sybil; or, The Two Nations First edition title page Author Benjamin Disraeli Country United Kingdom Language English Series Young England trilogy Genre Fiction Publisher Henry Colburn Publication date 1845 Sybil, or The Two Nations is an 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli. Published in the same year as Friedrich Engels's The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844, Sybil traces the plight of the working classes of England. Disraeli was interested in dealing with the horrific conditions in which the majority of England's working classes lived — or, what is generally called the Condition of England question. The book is a roman à thèse, or a novel with a thesis — which was meant to create a furor over the squalor that was plaguing England's working class cities. Disraeli's novel was made into a silent film called Sybil in 1921, starring Evelyn Brent and Cowley Wright. Disraeli's interest in this subject stemmed from his interest in the Chartist movement, a working-class political reformist movement that sought universal male suffrage and other parliamentary reforms. (Thomas Carlyle sums up the movement in his 1839 book Chartism.[1]) Chartism failed as a parliamentary movement (three petitions to Parliament were rejected); however, five of the "Six Points" of Chartism would become a reality within a century of the group's formation. Chartism demanded: Universal suffrage for men Secret ballot Removal of property requirements for Parliament Salaries for Members of Parliament (MPs) Equal electoral districts Annually elected Parliament Contents 1 Characters 2 See also 3 External links 4 Bibliography 4.1 Editions 4.2 Works of criticism 5 References Characters[edit] Sybil Gerard Charles Egremont Lord Marney Lord Henry Sydney Lord de Mowbray Rigby Taper Tadpole Lady St. Julians Marchioness of Deloraine Baptist Hatton Aubrey St. Lys Sidonia Devilsdust Dandy Mick Walter Gerard (Sybil's father) Stephen Morley Mr. Mountchesney See also[edit] Novels portal Victorian era portal One Nation Conservatism Coningsby (novel) Tancred (novel) The Difference Engine, a steampunk novel containing alternate versions of several characters from Sybil. It also features Disraeli himself as a character. External links[edit] Wikiquote has quotations related to: Sybil (novel) Wikisource has original text related to this article: Sybil Sybil, or The Two Nations at Project Gutenberg Sybil public domain audiobook at LibriVox Bibliography[edit] Editions[edit] There is no critical edition of Disraeli's novels. Most editions use the text of Longmans Collected Edition (1870–71).[2] Disraeli, Benjamin Sybil. (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1987) ISBN 0-14-043134-9. Edited with an introduction by Rab Butler and notes by Thom Braun. Disraeli, Benjamin Sybil. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998) ISBN 0-19-283693-5. Edited with an introduction and notes by Sheila Smith. Works of criticism[edit] Braun, Thom Disraeli The Novelist. (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1981) ISBN 0 04 809017 4. References[edit] ^ Carlyle, Thomas. "Chartism" – via Wikisource. ^ Disraeli, Benjamin (1987). Braun, Thom (ed.). Sybil. Penguin. p. 17. ISBN 0-14-043134-9. v t e Novels of Benjamin Disraeli Vivian Grey (1826) Popanilla (1828) The Young Duke (1831) Contarini Fleming (1832) The Wondrous Tale of Alroy (1833) The Infernal Marriage (1834) Ixion in Heaven (1834) The Revolutionary Epick (1834) The Rise of Iskander (1834) Henrietta Temple (1837) Venetia (1837) The Tragedy of Count Alarcos (1839) Coningsby (1844) Sybil (1845) Tancred (1847) Lothair (1870) Endymion (1880) Falconet (1881) This article about an 1840s novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. This article about a political novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. 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