Download or read book Half a Hero written by Anthony Hope and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 1893 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Hope's novel, "Half a Hero," is a study of political and social life in the English colony of New Lindsey, which may possibly be New Zealand. The half hero is one Medland, leader of the radicals, who by a coalition comes into power as premier. He had been a common laborer, had risen by integrity and energy, and although unpolished of manners shows qualities that make the true man. The humor of the situation arises from the necessity forced upon the snobbish family of the titled governor to receive him and his daughter on terms of social equality. Later on it appears that there has been something "irregular" about Medland's marriage, but when disgrace is threatened and he has the chance to silence his enemies by a skilful distribution of spoils he refuses to submit and dares political death and social obloquy rather than sacrifice his manliness. The end of the story is tragic.
Download or read book Half a Hero written by Anthony Hope and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 1893 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony Hope's novel, "Half a Hero," is a study of political and social life in the English colony of New Lindsey, which may possibly be New Zealand. The half hero is one Medland, leader of the radicals, who by a coalition comes into power as premier. He had been a common laborer, had risen by integrity and energy, and although unpolished of manners shows qualities that make the true man. The humor of the situation arises from the necessity forced upon the snobbish family of the titled governor to receive him and his daughter on terms of social equality. Later on it appears that there has been something "irregular" about Medland's marriage, but when disgrace is threatened and he has the chance to silence his enemies by a skilful distribution of spoils he refuses to submit and dares political death and social obloquy rather than sacrifice his manliness. The end of the story is tragic.
Download or read book Rupert of Hentzau Dystopian Novel written by Anthony Hope and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Flavia, dutifully but unhappily married to her cousin Rudolf V, writes to her true love Rudolf Rassendyll. The letter is carried by von Tarlenheim and his servant Bauer to be delivered by hand, but Fritz is betrayed by Bauer and it is stolen by the exiled Rupert of Hentzau and his loyal cousin the Count of Luzau-Rischenheim. Hentzau sees in it a chance to return to favor by informing the pathologically jealous and paranoid King.
Download or read book Half a Hero a Novel written by Anthony Hope and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Half a Hero A Novel is one of the best novels by the Anthony Hope.Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 - 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels
Download or read book The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
Download or read book The Literary World written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Idler Magazine written by Jerome Klapka Jerome and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hopes and Fears Or Scenes from the Life of a Spinster written by Charlotte Mary Yonge and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lives of Victorian Literary Figures Part V Volume 1 written by Ralph Pite and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the reputations and biographical portrayal of three innovative and controversial writers: Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Wilkie Collins and William Thackeray. These anthologies of contemporary biographical material shed light on the processes at work in the establishment of a public image and a critical reputation.
Download or read book Current Opinion written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Current Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Prisoner of Zenda and Rupert of Hentzau written by Anthony Hope and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known for his political fairy tale, The Prisoner of Zenda, which saw four major screen adaptations, including the acclaimed 1937 incarnation starring Ronald Colman, Anthony Hope was one of the few novelists to achieve wide popular and critical admiration during his lifetime. Regarded by many critics as the finest adventure story ever written -- and certainly one of the most popular -- The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) tells the story of Rudolf Rassendyl, a dashing English gentleman who bears an uncanny resemblance to the ruler of the fictional kingdom of Ruritania. Rassendyl masquerades as the king in order to save the country from a treacherous plot and secures the release of the wronged prisoner. In the process he wins the heart of the beautiful princess Flavia, but ultimately surrenders the crown and the hand of his beloved princess to the rightful ruler. Rupert of Hentzau, which ends in tragedy rather than triumph, is the darker, more problematic sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda. Full of swash-buckling feats of heroism as well as witty irony, these adventure tales are also wonderfully executed satires on late nineteenth-century European politics.
Download or read book Mr Witt s Widow A Frivolous Tale written by Anthony Hope and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mr. Witt's Widow: A Frivolous Tale" is a romantic novel set in the English countryside. The Nestons, of Tottlebury Grange in the county of Suffolk, were an ancient and honourable family, never very distinguished or very rich, but yet for many generations back always richer and more distinguished than the common run of mankind. The newly elevated peer, Lord Tottlebury, is to celebrate the wedding of his son Gerald to the wealthy widow Mrs. Witt. At a party to introduce her to the family, eyebrows are however raised when George Neston, his nephew behaves strangely towards Mrs. Witts. Little do they realize that in fact the two had met before...
Download or read book Ruritania written by Nicholas Daly and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about the long cultural shadow cast by a single bestselling novel, Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), which introduced Ruritania, a colourful pocket kingdom. In this swashbuckling tale, Englishman Rudolf Rassendyll impersonates the king of Ruritania to foil a coup, but faces a dilemma when he falls for the lovely Princess Flavia. Hope's novel inspired stage and screen adaptations, place names, and even a board game, but it also launched a whole new subgenre, the "Ruritanian romance". The new form offered swordplay, royal romance, and splendid uniforms and gowns in such settings as Alasia, Balaria, and Cadonia. This study explores both the original appeal of The Prisoner of Zenda, and the extraordinary longevity and adaptability of the Ruritanian formula, which, it is argued, has been rooted in a lingering fascination with royalty, and the pocket kingdom's capacity to hold a looking glass up to Britain and later the United States. Individual chapters look at Hope's novel and its stage and film adaptations; at the forgotten American versions of Ruritania; at the chocolate-box principalities of the musical stage; at Cold War reworkings of the formula; and at Ruritania's recent reappearance in young adult fiction and made-for-television Christmas movies. The adventures of Ruritania have involved a diverse list of contributors, including John Buchan, P.G Wodehouse, Agatha Christie, Vladimir Nabokov, and Ian Fleming among the writers; Sigmund Romberg and Ivor Novello among the composers; Erich Von Stroheim and David O. Selznick among the film-makers; and Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Peter Ustinov, Peter Sellers, and Anne Hathaway among the performers.
Download or read book The Athenaeum written by and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
