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    he Condition of England Question, posed by Thomas Carlyle, particularly the spiritual rebirth of the individual and society, exerted a profound effect on a number of Victorian writers, social thinkers and the reading public.

    Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) tried to tackle the Condition of England Question both in his political activity and in his fiction. In the early 1830s, he tried unsuccessfully to start a political career.

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    He made an important journey to the Near East and continued to write novels and political writings in which he presented anti-Whig and anti-Utilitarian views. In 1837, Disraeli was elected to Parliament and soon became a leader of a Tory splinter group called the “Young England”,which consisted of young Tory idealists who wanted to bridge the gulf between the poor and the rich in England through reconciliation and respect for the monarchy, the Church, and the country’s traditions.

    As Cazamian correctly points out,

    There were three principal