Coningsby by Benjamin Disraeli [U.K. PAPERBACK] 1983 • Penguin English Library

Coningsby or The New Generation by Benjamin Disraeli edited by Thom Braun

VINTAGE U.K. PAPERBACK [1983] PENGUIN ENGLISH LIBRARY

Clean tight and seemingly unread mass market paperback.

Book is in excellent condition.

Light wear to edges of cover.

Reads like new with a hint of tanning to pages.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Coningsby has been called the first political novel in the English language. When it was published in 1844 it caused a sensation and confirmed the extraordinary and colourful talent of its author. Disraeli, then in his fortieth year, already had a formidable reputation for individuality and outspokenness, both in his political career and in his novels. Together with Sybil (1845) and Tancred (1847), this novel forms what has become known as the Young England trilogy, and Coningsby itself is regarded by many as being Disraeli's finest work of fiction.

Against the turbulent political background of England at the time of the 1832 Reform Act and the succeeding years, Disraeli works his plot of intrigue and romance in a book which recognizes in the fate of the nation a subject as compelling as that of the fate of individuals.

In what can also be regarded as one of the best social documents of its kind, the author presents, through some of his best-known characters, a vivid picture of aristocratic life which questions the very basis of Victorian society.

The cover shows a detail from 'The House of Commons' by G. Hayter, reproduced by courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London