Sybil, or, The two nations
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-18812008
Book
In this book, Disraeli vividly depicts the appalling conditions of the poor, their pitiful wages, their miserably overcrowded tenements, and their exploitation by the new breed of powerful industrialists, as an indirect plea for social and political reform and for the fulfilment of his dream of a new, more democratic England.
Main title:
Sybil, or, The two nations / Benjamin Disraeli.
Edition:
[New ed.] / edited with an introduction and notes by Sheila M. Smith.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Collation:
xvii, 455 p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
This ed. originally published: 1981.Includes bibliographical references (p. [xviii]).
ISBN:
9780199539055 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.8
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1879865