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A retrospective portrayal (1852) of Disraeli as a young man when he wrote Popanilla. Popanilla is a star attraction of Vraibleusia and is proclaimed as the Ambassador for Fantaisie. He is invited to meet an ancient patched-up statue which can speak no wrong and is the ultimate power on the island, his decrees causing the stock market ...
23. Juli 2009 · The favourite of all the women, the envy of all the men, Popanilla passed a pleasant life. No one was a better judge of wine, no one had a better taste for fruit, no one danced with more elegant vivacity, and no one whispered compliments in a more meaning tone.
3. Feb. 2016 · Imaginary voyage to contemporary England (heavily satirized). Starts from a eutopia on a South Seas island with complete sexual freedom. Parts of the novel derive from his first, unpublished novel "Aylmer Paillon". Additional Publishers.
20. Jan. 2016 · In The Voyage of Captain Popanilla, which abandons realism for the sake of fantasy and parody, Disraeli creates extraordinary utopian situations for the purpose of mocking the philosophical tenets of utilitarianism, especially through an elaborative manipulation of various points of view.
The voyage of Captain Popanilla : Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
Benjamin Disraeli. One of the great British politicians of the nineteenth century, Disraeli served twice as Tory Prime Minister (1868 and 1874 - 1880) and was also a prominent figure in opposition. He is most famous today for the bitter hatred between himself and his political rival William Gladstone. He enjoyed the favour of Queen Victoria ...
In 'The Voyage of Captain Popanilla', a satirical fantasy by Benjamin Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli, originally published in 1828, readers embark on a whimsical journey alongside its eponymous...
