The Wondrous Tale of Alroy

The Wondrous Tale of Alroy
AuthorBenjamin Disraeli
LanguageEnglish
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The Wondrous Tale of Alroy is the sixth novel written by Benjamin Disraeli, who would later become a Prime Minister of Britain. Originally published in 1833, a "new edition” was published in 1834, a heavily revised edition in 1846 entitled Alroy: A Romance and another in 1871 based on that.[1] It is a fictionalised account of the life of David Alroy. Its significance lies in its portrayal of Disraeli's "ideal ambition" and for its being his only novel with a distinctive Jewish subject. Cecil Roth described it as perhaps the earliest Jewish historical novel[2] and Adam Kirsch as "a significant proto-Zionist text".[3] Philip Rieff described an answer by Alroy[4] as "perhaps one of the earliest Zionist perorations given in Western literature".[5]

  1. ^ Spector, Sheila A. (January 2005). "About This Edition". romantic-circles.org. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  2. ^ Roth, Cecil (1952). Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Philosophical Library. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-8022-1382-2 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Kirsch, Adam (2008). Benjamin Disraeli. New York: Schocken. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-8052-4249-2 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Disraeli, B. (1846). Alroy: A Romance. Leipzig: Tauchnitz. p. 165 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. ^ Rieff, Philip (January 1952). "Disraeli: The Chosen of History:Uniting the Old Jerusalem and the New". Commentary. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2023.