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A year at Hartlebury, or, The election / Benjamin and Sarah Disraeli ; with appendixes by Ellen Henderson and John P. Matthews.
Author
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Toronto and ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1983.
Description
1 online resource (221 pages)
Availability
Available Online
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Subject(s)
Disraeli, Benjamin 1804-1881
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Related name
Disraeli, Sarah, 1802-1859
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Henderson, Ellen
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Matthews, John Pengwerne, 1927-
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Series
Heritage
Summary note
The revelation that a long forgotten novel first published anonymously in 1834 is the work of Benjamin Disraeli and his sister Sarah is an exciting literary event. Newly discovered letters between brother and sister prove without doubt that it was written jointly by them. We do not have to look far for the reason for their secrecy. The vividly described election which forms the centrepiece of the story is clearly based on Disraeli's recent experiences as an unsuccessful candidate in two elections at High Wycombe. His political career had a long way to go and the last thing he wanted was to jeopardize it by revealing his motives in the past or his hopes for the future. The hero, Aubrey Bohun, has, like Disraeli, recently returned from mysterious travels in the East, but unlike him has his own castle and an income of £30,000 a year. Bohun obviously contains an element of wish fulfilment and allows the authors to incorporate in the novel elements of wish fulfilment and allows the authors to incorporate in the novel elements of a popular genre known in its day as 'silver fork' fiction - revelations of high life. Although there is much of this and of melodrama too, there is also some splendid social irony. Michael Foot says 'the volume is quite fit to takes its place in the true Disraeli canon and contains many gems which add fresh gleams to the portrait of Disraeli himself.' Two appendixes explain the literary detection that proved the book's authorship and the parallels between the politics of Aubrey Bohun and Disraeli.
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Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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Language note
In English.
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Year at Hartlebury
Election
ISBN
9781442653788 ((electronic bk.))
1442653787 ((electronic bk.))
Doi
10.3138/9781442653788
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