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Vivian Grey Volume 2

Author
Benjamin Disraeli
Read by
Victoria Styles
Language
English
Length
11 hours 44 minutes
ISBN
9781802564648
Published
30 March 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • ambition
  • politics
  • society
  • intrigue
  • aristocracy
  • power
  • satire
  • 19th century
  • bildungsroman
  • influence

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In "Vivian Grey," Benjamin Disraeli unfolds the tale of a charismatic and ambitious young man determined to penetrate the upper echelons of society and politics. Vivian Grey's journey is one of cunning manipulation and strategic alliances as he navigates the intrigues of the British aristocracy. Through his rise and fall, Disraeli explores themes of ambition, power, and the moral ambiguities of social climbing, offering a penetrating critique of 19th-century society's glittering facades.

Author

Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Disraeli was born in Bloomsbury, then a part of Middlesex. His father left Judaism after a dispute at his synagogue; young Benjamin became an Anglican at the age of 12.

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