Coningsby, or The New Generation

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novel political novel

Coningsby, or The New Generation is a political novel by Benjamin Disraeli that critiques early 19th-century British politics and society through the coming-of-age story of a young aristocrat.

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Coningsby 3
Benjamin Disraeli’s Young England trilogy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
political novel ⓘ
author Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
authorLaterPosition Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
authorOccupation British politician ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 19th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
critiques British social structure ⓘ
early 19th-century British politics ⓘ
depicts Tory Party politics ⓘ
Whig Party politics ⓘ
parliamentary elections ⓘ
featuresCharacter Edith Millbank ⓘ
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ⓘ
surface form: Lord Monmouth

Oswald Millbank ⓘ
Sidonia ⓘ
firstPublicationFormat three-volume novel ⓘ
firstPublishedInCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
followedBy Sybil, or The Two Nations ⓘ
Tancred, or The New Crusade ⓘ
genre Bildungsroman ⓘ
political novel ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Coningsby, or The New Generation ⓘ
surface form: Coningsby
influencedBy British Conservative thought ⓘ
literaryMovement Young England movement ⓘ
literarySignificance important Victorian political novel ⓘ
key text of the Young England movement ⓘ
mainCharacter Harry Coningsby ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeFocus conflict between old and new political ideas ⓘ
education of a young aristocrat ⓘ
narrativeForm third-person narrative ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Disraeli political trilogy ⓘ
precededBy Henrietta Temple ⓘ
protagonist Harry Coningsby ⓘ
publicationYear 1844 ⓘ
publisher Henry Colburn ⓘ
settingCountry United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
structure multi-part narrative ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
themes British politics ⓘ
aristocracy ⓘ
coming of age ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
political corruption ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
timeOfAction post-Reform Act era ⓘ

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Coningsby, or The New Generation → hasAlternativeTitle → Coningsby, or The New Generation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coningsby
Benjamin Disraeli → notableWork → Coningsby, or The New Generation ⓘ
Sybil, or The Two Nations → partOf → Coningsby, or The New Generation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Benjamin Disraeli’s Young England trilogy
Sybil, or The Two Nations → prequel → Coningsby, or The New Generation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coningsby
Tancred, or The New Crusade → relatedWork → Coningsby, or The New Generation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coningsby