The Voyage of Captain Popanilla
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1828
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| Annotation |
Imaginary voyage to contemporary England (heavily satirized). Starts from a eutopia on a South Seas island with complete sexual freedom. Parts of the novel derive from his first, unpublished novel "Aylmer Paillon". |
| Published Date |
1828 |
| Publisher |
Henry Colburn
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| Place Published |
London
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| Full Text |
1828 [Disraeli, Benjamin] (1804-81). The Voyage of Captain Popanilla. By the Author of “Vivian Grey”. London: Henry Colburn. Rpt. in his Alroy, Popanilla, Count Alarcos (London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1906), 361-494; as “Popanilla.” In Popanilla and Other Tales. Vol. 3 of The Bradenham Edition of the Novels and Tales of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (London: Peter Davies, 1926), 1-107; and rpt. from The Novels and Tales of Lord Beaconsfield (London: Longmans, Green, 1881), 4: 363-463 in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 7: 1-70. A new ed. as The Voyage of Captain Popanilla to the glorious island of Vraibleusia, the wonderful city of Hubbabub, and the peaceable isle of Blunderland. With illustrations from drawings by Daniel Maclise. London: Henry Colburn, 1829. U.S. ed. as The Voyage of Captain Popanilla. Philadelphia, PA: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828. The manuscript is in the Morgan Library, New York City. CSmH, HRC, L, PSt Imaginary voyage to contemporary England (heavily satirized). Starts from a eutopia on a South Seas island with complete sexual freedom. Parts of the novel derive from his first, unpublished novel “Aylmer Paillon”. The author was Prime Minister for some months in 1868 and from 1874-80. |
| Additional Publishers |
Rpt. in his Alroy, Popanilla, Count Alarcos (London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1906), 361-494; as “Popanilla.” In Popanilla and Other Tales. Vol. 3 of The Bradenham Edition of the Novels and Tales of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (London: Peter Davies, 1926), 1-107; and rpt. from The Novels and Tales of Lord Beaconsfield (London: Longmans, Green, 1881), 4: 363-463 in Modern British Utopias 1700-1850. Ed. Gregory Claeys. 8 vols. (London: Pickering & Chatto, 1997), 7: 1-70. A new ed. as The Voyage of Captain Popanilla to the glorious island of Vraibleusia, the wonderful city of Hubbabub, and the peaceable isle of Blunderland. With illustrations from drawings by Daniel Maclise. London: Henry Colburn, 1829. U.S. ed. as The Voyage of Captain Popanilla. Philadelphia, PA: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828. |
| Info Notes |
The manuscript is in the Morgan Library, New York City. |
| Pseudonym |
By the Author of "Vivian Grey" [pseud.] |
| Author Note |
The author (1804-81) was Prime Minister for some months in 1868 and from 1874-80. |
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