The Young Duke by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli
"The Young Duke" by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli is a novel written between 1829-1830. The wealthy young Duke of St James enters fashionable society, squandering his fortune on gambling and pursuing unsuitable romantic attachments. After rejecting his honorable Catholic guardian Mr Dacre, George becomes entangled with the married Lady Aphrodite while falling for Dacre's virtuous daughter May. Financial ruin and a duel force the dissolute duke to confront his character flaws
and seek redemption through meaningful action. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881 |
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| Title | The Young Duke |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Duke |
| Credits | Produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Fathers and sons -- Fiction |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Bildungsromans |
| Subject | Young men -- Fiction |
| Subject | Political fiction |
| Subject | Nobility -- Fiction |
| Subject | Catholic emancipation -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 20008 |
| Release Date | Dec 3, 2006 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 24, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1211 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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