This article intends to examine the novel written by Disraeli in 1944-5,
from the point of view of a fable that covers up the political intention of the
writer as a member of the opposition to the policies of Robert Peel's
cabinet. The specific role that each social class is to take up in the new
society that Disraeli proposes with the support of his reactionary followers
in perfectly reflected in this work. Also a comparison is established between
Sybil and The Condition of the Working Class in England, among other
socialist writings. Both Disraeli and Engels visited the industrializing areas
of the North in 1944. Whereas Engels wrote his conclusions in the essay
aforementioned, Disraeli chose to fictionalize his. Little wonder their
reflections are dramatically opposed; this notwithstanding, both authors
become comrades in their anger towards the ills of economic liberalism.
