ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

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VICTORIAN AGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who were the “Two Nations” referred to in the subtitle of Disraeli’s Sybil (1845)?
A
the rich and the poor
B
Anglicans and Methodists
C
England and Ireland
D
Britain and Germany
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sybil, or The Two Nations is an 1845 novel by Benjamin Disraeli. Published in the same year as Friedrich Engels’s The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844, Sybil traces the plight of the working classes of England.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Sybil, Disraeli wrote persuasively about oppression of the working classes, female and child labour, low wages, abominable conditions of housing and work, and the squalor and misery of industrial towns. However, his solution to reconciling social conflicts and restore a national unity appeared to be quite untenable.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 100 best novels: No 11 – Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli (1845)

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1973, Flora Rheta Schreiber published Sybil: The True Story of a Woman Possessed by 16 Separate Personalities.

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