Sybil, or The Two Nations

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novel political novel social novel

Sybil, or The Two Nations is an 1845 social and political novel by Benjamin Disraeli that explores the deep class divisions and harsh conditions of the English working poor during the Industrial Revolution.

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Sybil (1921 film) 1
Sybil (1922 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
political novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
addressesIssue Chartism ⓘ
factory conditions ⓘ
religion and social order ⓘ
urban poverty ⓘ
author Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts English working poor ⓘ
aristocracy ⓘ
industrial towns ⓘ
exploresConcept “two nations” division between rich and poor ⓘ
firstEditionFormat three-volume novel ⓘ
genre political fiction ⓘ
social problem novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation Sybil, or The Two Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sybil (1921 film)

Sybil, or The Two Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sybil (1922 film)
hasCharacter Charles Egremont ⓘ
Devilsdust ⓘ
Gerard ⓘ
Lady Marney ⓘ
Lord Marney ⓘ
Stephen Morley ⓘ
includedIn canon of Victorian social novels ⓘ
literaryMovement Victorian literature ⓘ
mainTheme class division ⓘ
conditions of the working class ⓘ
industrialization ⓘ
political representation ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor critique of industrial capitalism ⓘ
depiction of class inequality in Victorian England ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Coningsby, or The New Generation ⓘ
surface form: Benjamin Disraeli’s Young England trilogy
politicalContext Young England movement ⓘ
politicalOrientation Tory democracy ⓘ
prequel Coningsby, or The New Generation ⓘ
surface form: Coningsby
publicationDate 1845 ⓘ
publisher Henry Colburn ⓘ
sequel Tancred ⓘ
setInPeriod Industrial Revolution ⓘ
settingLocation England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

industrial towns in northern England ⓘ
timeSetting early 19th century ⓘ
titleCharacter Sybil Gerard ⓘ

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Coningsby, or The New Generation → followedBy → Sybil, or The Two Nations ⓘ
Sybil, or The Two Nations → hasAdaptation → Sybil, or The Two Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sybil (1921 film)
Sybil, or The Two Nations → hasAdaptation → Sybil, or The Two Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sybil (1922 film)
Benjamin Disraeli → notableWork → Sybil, or The Two Nations ⓘ
Tancred, or The New Crusade → relatedWork → Sybil, or The Two Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sybil