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What if the marriage that could save your family stands between you and the person you love?
Ferdinand Armine has charm, good looks, and a taste for spending. His old family's grand house rests on debts its name cannot pay. Marriage to his wealthy, sensible cousin Katherine Grandison offers a way out. Then he meets Henrietta Temple, and a practical arrangement collides with powerful feeling.
Henrietta is clever, graceful, and ready to give her love and trust fully. She wants honest happiness, but Ferdinand's obligations make love anything but simple. In Henrietta Temple, Benjamin Disraeli brings passion, comedy, and sharp social observation together, asking how much freedom a heart has when family fortunes depend on marriage.
What you’ll discover
- A family beneath its grandeur Enter the Armine house, where a proud name cannot keep debt at bay.
- Love against a marriage plan Feel the strain as Ferdinand's passion clashes with the match meant to rescue his family.
- More than a wealthy cousin Meet Katherine Grandison, whose good heart and sense make the promised marriage more than arithmetic.
- Wit among the lovers Enjoy Count Mirabel's generous friendship and a narrator who steps forward to comment and joke.
- Feeling or fortune Consider what should rule a life through a romance that asks without preaching.
Who will love it
For readers who love Victorian romance, comedies of manners, and stories where love collides with money. It also rewards anyone curious about Disraeli before his political career.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- An old family sinks under its debts
- A rich cousin offers a way out
- A chance meeting changes everything
- Friends, rivals and a wise comic
- What the book says about love and money
- How Disraeli tells the story
Who’s who
- Ferdinand ArmineThe charming young heir of a ruined old family, he is expected to save it by marrying money.
- Henrietta TempleA graceful and clever young woman who gives her love and trust fully and wants an honest happiness.
- Katherine GrandisonFerdinand's wealthy and sensible cousin, whose marriage to him is meant to rescue the Armine fortunes.
- Count MirabelA witty, generous and talkative foreigner who treats life as a pleasure and is a loyal friend.
- GlastonburyA gentle, learned old man attached to the Armine house, who represents its quiet and faithful past.
- Lord MontfortA nobleman of rank and decency whose place in Henrietta's circle adds pressure to the love story.
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Henrietta Temple
by Benjamin Disraeli · 1837
Promised to a wealthy cousin, Ferdinand Armine meets Henrietta Temple as family debt pulls against his heart.
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Henrietta Temple is a love story by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1837. Disraeli was already known as a young novelist and a man in debt, and he was still looking for a seat in Parliament.
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An old family sinks under its debts
The story opens with the Armines, an old Catholic family with a long history and a large house. Their name is better than their finances. Generations of extravagance and bad luck have left the estate weighed down by what the family owes. The family hopes its fortunes can be saved, though nobody knows exactly how.
All this hope rests on Ferdinand Armine, the young heir. He has been raised as the bright future of the house, and he knows it. He is handsome, sociable and used to being admired. He is also careless with money, in the way of someone who has never been shown how to count it.
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What is Henrietta Temple about?
It is a love story about Ferdinand Armine, the heir of a debt-ridden old family. He is promised to a rich cousin but falls in love with Henrietta Temple, and the novel follows the trouble this causes.
Who wrote Henrietta Temple and when?
Benjamin Disraeli wrote it, and it was published in 1837. He later became a leading Conservative politician and Prime Minister, but at this time he was a young novelist burdened by debt.
Who is Count Mirabel in Henrietta Temple?
Count Mirabel is a cheerful, witty and generous foreigner in the book. He brings comedy to the story and acts as a warm friend. Readers often link him to the dandies of Disraeli's London.
The author
Benjamin Disraeli
1804–1881 · British statesman and novelist
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) was a British politician and novelist. He was born in London and lived in England. His novels include Henrietta Temple (1837), Coningsby (1844), Sybil (1845), and Tancred (1847). He led the Conservative Party and served as British prime minister in 1868 and from 1874 to 1880.
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