The two nations :
The Two Nations concept was suggested by the politician and literary man Benjamin Disraeli. He had a very rich personality and wise mind. He was a minister, parliamentarian and writer. Although his writings were not a part of Victorian literary marks ( such as Dickens’ or Austen’s ) but they had their politician value.
His novel The Two Nations ( or Sybil ) implies the meaning of the title which is that Victorian England was divided to two worlds ; the luxurious life of landowners and rich people in a side and on the other side there were the extreme poverty of workers and poor people .
Such a gap between the two classes found in Victorian age in particular because of : the nature of the age ; It was the time of industry and progress and factories. Many people were forced ( by poverty ) to work at these factories and the mines and to live in workhouses where were unbelievable to live in. workers had no laws to protect them and to guarantee their rights .
Reform Bill helped to reveal this division between England people. It changed the class structure in England because the voting public included the lower middle class meant break up of monopolies of political power by conservative landowners.
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