Coningsby; or, The New Generation
(in fullConingsby, or The New Generation) Political novel by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1844. It is the first novel in Disraeli's trilogy completed bySybil(1845) andTancred(1847).Coningsbyfollows the fortunes of Harry Coningsby, the orphaned grandson of the Marquis of Monmouth. It also traces the waning of the Whigs and the Tories and the nascency of the Conservative party. Above all,Coningsbyis a tribute to a political group called "Young England," which hoped for an alliance of the nobility and the common people.   --The Merriam-Webster Encylopedia of Literature--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.