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Popanilla was published in 1828, a period of Disraeli's life described by one of his biographers as “almost a blank”. [1] It had been submitted to the publisher John Murray four years earlier entitled "The Adventures of Mr. Aylmer Papillion" but was rejected. [2] As an allegorical novella describing a fantastic voyage, it was influenced by ...
23 lug 2009 · CHAPTER 5 Popanilla was discomposed, but he was not discomfited. He consoled himself for the Royal neglect by the recollection of the many illustrious men who had been despised, banished, imprisoned, and burnt for the maintenance of opinions which, centuries afterwards, had been discovered to be truth.
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 ...
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The Voyage of Captain Popanilla is the second novel by Benjamin Disraeli, who later became a prime minister of the United Kingdom. Its allegory of a fantastic voyage is a satire on contemporary society.
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20 gen 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.
