Sybil
by Benjamin Disraeli
Sybil, or Two Nations, is one of the best novels to depict the social problems of Victorian England. When it was published, it was a sensation for its immediacy and readability, bringing to the attention of the public, who read sharply the plight of the working class. The "two peoples" of the alternative name are rich and poor, very fragmented in their abilities and living conditions, and very hostile to each other. they almost seem to belong to different conspiracies. The rift between them is sharply accentuated by a central romantic conspiracy about Charles Egremont, a member of the landlord class, for Sybil, the poor daughter of a militant Chartist leader.
