Sybil, o los dos Disraelis

Abstract

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.