Bainbridge, Beryl. Forever England: North and South. Duckworth; BBC.
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Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Intertextuality and Influence | Beryl Bainbridge | The book, according to BB
's preface, focused on the expectations and attitudes of six families, three in the North and three in the South. Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. |
| Education | Isabella Banks | Her education was supplemented both by a good home library and by her parents' wide cultural circle. She led a lively social life in Manchester, attending Anti-Corn Law League bazaars, and soirées at the Manchester Athenæum |
| Textual Production | Annie Besant | She had, she wrote, resolved that my first public lecture should be on behalf of my own sex. This motivated her choice of theme. Wallraven, Miriam. “’A Mere Instrument’ or ’Proud as Lucifer’? Self-Presentations in the Occult Autobiographies by Emma Hardinge Britten (1900) and Annie Besant (1893)”. Women’s Writing, Vol. 15 , No. 3, pp. 390-11. 400 |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Boyle | MB
met Lord Derby
and Benjamin Disraeli
at Burghley House in Stamford, when, despite their repeal four years earlier, the strife over the Corn Laws was still raging. Boyle, Mary. Mary Boyle. Her Book. Editor Boyle, Sir Courtenay Edmund, E. P. Dutton; John Murray. 247 |
| Reception | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | The second of four early dramatic adaptations of Aurora Floyd, this one by Benjamin Webster
, opened. Weak copyright law meant MEB
received nothing for the many pirated versions of her books that were... |
| Fictionalization | Augusta Ada Byron | AAB
has appeared as a central character in numerous literary works ranging from Disraeli
's novel Venetia, 1837, to Arthur C. Clarke
's The Ghost from the Grand Banks, 1990. In the world... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Agatha Christie | |
| Education | Agatha Christie | By the time Agatha was born, Clara Miller
believed that girls ought not to learn to read before the age of eight. Defiantly, Agatha taught herself to read at five. She eagerly devoured Lewis Carroll |
| Occupation | John Wilson Croker | He was caricatured in works by Benjamin Disraeli
,Thomas Love Peacock
, Sydney Morgan herself, and her sister Olivia Clarke
. While the story that he caused the death of Keats is long since... |
| Friends, Associates | Camilla Crosland | Her work for the annuals led to her connection with Lady Blessington
and her niece Marguerite Power
. Despite the disapproval of other friends she was a regular visitor to Blessington's home, Gore House... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | May Edginton | Francis Baily
was a novelist and one-time editor of Royal Magazine. It was in the context of the magazine that they met, as ME
was one of its contributors. Baily was the author from... |
| Occupation | Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton | Bulwer
served as an independent radical Member of Parliament, who in 1832 reformed himself out of a seat. Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press. |
| Friends, Associates | Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton | His friends included Benjamin Disraeli
, Charles Dickens
, John Forster
, and Thomas Babington Macaulay
. Later in life he conducted a long, mentoring friendship by letter with Mary Elizabeth Braddon
. He also... |
| Occupation | Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton, first Earl Lytton | His first task was to organize the celebrations on New Year's Day 1877 for Queen Victoria
's proclamation as Empress of India. The rest of his time as Viceroy was quite controversial. His policy towards... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | George Eliot | On 11 February 1848 GE
discusses in a letter to John Sibree
her views on Hannah More
(once admired, now detested as exemplifying the bluestocking woman on display as a kind of freak), Benjamin Disraeli |
Timeline
1820: Benjamin Disraeli's first publication, A...
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1820
Benjamin Disraeli
's first publication, A True Story, appeared in The Indicator.
April 1826: Benjamin Disraeli anonymously published his...
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April 1826
Benjamin Disraeli
anonymously published his novelVivian Grey; a continuation appeared in 1827.
12 July 1839: Thomas Attwood and John Fielden proposed...
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12 July 1839
Thomas Attwood
and John Fielden
proposed consideration by the House of Commons
of a petition for universal manhood suffrage bearing a million signatures.
December 1839: Thomas Carlyle published his essay Chartism,...
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December 1839
Thomas Carlyle
published his essayChartism, bearing the date of 1840.
By 18 May 1844: Benjamin Disraeli published Coningsby, the...
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By 18 May 1844
Benjamin Disraeli
published Coningsby, the first book of the Young England trilogy for which he is best known, and an example of the social problem novel.
By 12 May 1845: Benjamin Disraeli published his condition-of-England...
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By 12 May 1845
Benjamin Disraeli
published his condition-of-England novelSybil, or The Two Nations.
By 12 May 1845: Benjamin Disraeli published his condition-of-England...
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By 12 May 1845
Benjamin Disraeli
published his condition-of-England novelSybil, or The Two Nations.
March 1847: Benjamin Disraeli published his novel Ta...
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March 1847
Benjamin Disraeli
published his novelTancred.
March 1847: Benjamin Disraeli published his novel Ta...
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March 1847
Benjamin Disraeli
published his novelTancred.
2 August 1858: Government and military control of India...
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2 August 1858
Government and military control of India was transferred by the Government of India Act from the East India Company
to the British Crown
after the successful suppression of the Indian Mutiny by the British army.
27 April 1866: Benjamin Disraeli, leader of the opposition...
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27 April 1866
Benjamin Disraeli
, leader of the opposition to the Liberal
government, argued that if there is to be universal suffrage, women have as much right to vote as men.
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press.
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27 February 1868: Benjamin Disraeli, a Conservative, became...
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27 February 1868
Benjamin Disraeli
, a Conservative
, became Prime Minister following the resignation of the Earl of Derby
.
3 December 1868: Following the first general election after...
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3 December 1868
Following the first general election after the Second Reform Act of the previous year, William Gladstone
, a Liberal
, formed the government in succession to ConservativeBenjamin Disraeli
.
20 February 1874: Conservative leader Benjamin Disraeli formed...
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20 February 1874
Conservative
leader Benjamin Disraeli
formed the government for a second time, in succession to Gladstone
's Liberal
government.
24 April 1877: Russia declared war on Turkey, initiating...
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24 April 1877
Russia declared war on Turkey, initiating the last Russo-Turkish war.
Texts
Disraeli, Benjamin. Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1815-1834. Editors Gunn, John Alexander Wilson et al., University of Toronto Press, 1982.
Disraeli, Benjamin. Lord Beaconsfield’s Correspondence With His Sister 1832-1852. John Murray, 1886.