Spoiled as an only child and too clever for school, Vivian Grey decides early that society is a game to be won. He attaches himself to the Marquess of Carabas and tries to build a new political party out of disgruntled grandees, before his intrigues send him wandering through the courts and spas of Germany.
Written when Disraeli was barely twenty-one, it is a witty, cynical forecast of the career he would actually have. Download the free EPUB.