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... Disraeli's novels made on him . There was some- thing else , of course , that Trollope did not reckon with ; without it , Disraeli's fiction would not have survived , nor would he have been three times prime minister . From birth Disraeli ...
... Disraeli's novels made on him . There was some- thing else , of course , that Trollope did not reckon with ; without it , Disraeli's fiction would not have survived , nor would he have been three times prime minister . From birth Disraeli ...
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... Disraeli's romantic imagination , as young noble- men should behave . Idealistic and generous , and what was just as important , very rich and of high birth , they fitted naturally into Disraeli's ideal world . In Coningsby the ideal ...
... Disraeli's romantic imagination , as young noble- men should behave . Idealistic and generous , and what was just as important , very rich and of high birth , they fitted naturally into Disraeli's ideal world . In Coningsby the ideal ...
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... Disraeli's character . It makes the difference between the Disraeli of history and Disraeli as Vivian Grey . But Disraeli , the constructor of an ideal , chivalric world inhabited by noble and noble - minded youths , was also a satirist ...
... Disraeli's character . It makes the difference between the Disraeli of history and Disraeli as Vivian Grey . But Disraeli , the constructor of an ideal , chivalric world inhabited by noble and noble - minded youths , was also a satirist ...
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THE BEGINNINGS | 7 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 31 |
THE FIRST GENERA | 107 |
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