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Anthony Hope


Born
in Clapton, London, The United Kingdom
February 09, 1863

Died
July 08, 1933

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers


Prolific English novelist and playwright Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins especially composed adventure. People remember him best only for the book The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania, spawned the genre, known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda inspired many adaptations, most notably the Hollywood movie of 1937 of the same name. ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 25,859 ratings · 1,810 reviews · 238 distinct works • Similar authors
The Prisoner of Zenda (The ...
3.83 avg rating — 22,806 ratings — published 1894 — 8 editions
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Rupert of Hentzau
3.74 avg rating — 1,684 ratings — published 1898 — 642 editions
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The Prisoner of Zenda & Rup...
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3.96 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 1894 — 38 editions
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The Heart of Princess Osra
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3.46 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 1896 — 224 editions
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The Indiscretion of the Duc...
3.65 avg rating — 66 ratings — 106 editions
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Phroso
4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1897 — 125 editions
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Dolly Dialogues
3.57 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1894 — 338 editions
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Sophy of Kravonia
3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1906 — 113 editions
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The King's Mirror
3.61 avg rating — 33 ratings — 138 editions
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The Secret of the Tower
3.50 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1919 — 112 editions
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Series by Anthony Hope

The Heart of Princess Osra The Prisoner of Zenda Rupert of Hentzau The Complete Ruritanian Rom...
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“For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes your sin no worse as I conceive, to do it à la mode and stylishly.”
― Anthony Hope, The Prisoner of Zenda
tags: adventure, anthony-hope, prisoner-of-zenda, swashbuckling
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“I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).”
― Anthony Hope, The Prisoner of Zenda
tags: income, money, sufficiency
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“There are moments when I dare not think of it, but there are others when I rise in spirit to where she ever dwells; then I can thank God that I love the noblest lady in the world, the most gracious and beautiful, and that there was nothing in my love that made her fall short in her high duty.”
― Anthony Hope, The Prisoner of Zenda
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