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Sybil

or The Two Nations

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Sybil

By: Benjamin Disraeli
Narrated by: Tim Bentinck
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In Sybil, or The Two Nations, social activist, political reformer, and twice-prime minister Benjamin Disraeli tells the love story of a young working-class woman and a newly elected nobleman.

While on a visit to the manufacturing towns of the north, aristocrat Charles Egremont encounters beautiful Sybil Gerard singing in the grounds of Marney Abbey. Graceful and angelic, Sybil Gerard is a symbol of religious purity. He also meets her father, a working-class radical, who tells him about the division of England into two nations: the rich and the poor.

Moved by the episode, Egremont investigates the conditions of the working poor and witnesses the disturbing after-effects of the Industrial Revolution. He attempts to address the deep disparity, while falling increasingly in love with Sybil; however, his courtship is pitted against growing political unrest and violence caused by the calamitous two-nation divide.

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Unusual storytelling incorporating a great sweep of history into the Victorian novel. So much in Sybil remains strangely relevant in modern Britain and America of 2022.

Past is prologue

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great narrator carrying the reader and enhancing the quality and enjoyment. Frederick's confession and discovery was a profound moment which changed the direction of the narrative and I liked the final words reflecting hope in our young to follow through.

informative inspiring gripping in. places

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