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“Hardly-with Rudolf about,” said Robert, shaking his head. “Then it might be forgotten,” she continued. “I wish you’d take that picture away, Robert,” said she. My brother’s wife uttered an exclamation of impatience. “I rather like them myself,” said I, and, rising, I bowed to the portrait of Countess Amelia. “I wish they didn’t crop out,” said Rose, still flushed. “It generally crops out once in a generation,” said my brother. “Oh! of course he can’t help his hair,” admitted Rose. “She objects to my doing nothing and having red hair,” said I, in an injured tone. He glanced at his wife: her cheek was slightly flushed he patted it caressingly. “I’m so glad Robert’s is black!” she cried.Īt this moment Robert (who rises at seven and works before breakfast) came in. Upon this I stroked my hair: I knew quite well what she meant. “Good families are generally worse than any others,” she said. Ancestry is, in fact, a matter concerning which the next observation of Rose’s has some truth. Besides her attractions, she possessed a large fortune, and my brother Robert was wise enough not to mind about her ancestry. This remark of mine rather annoyed Rose, for everybody knows (and therefore there can be no harm in referring to the fact) that, pretty and accomplished as she herself is, her family is hardly of the same standing as the Rassendylls. “You are nine-and-twenty,” she observed, “and you’ve done nothing but-” I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one’s income is ever quite sufficient, you know), I enjoy an enviable social position: I am brother to Lord Burlesdon, and brother-in-law to that charming lady, his countess. “My dear Rose,” I answered, laying down my egg-spoon, “why in the world should I do anything? My position is a comfortable one. “I wonder when in the world you’re going to do anything, Rudolf?” said my brother’s wife.
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Download for ereaders (below donate buttons) This book has 112 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1894. The novel and it's use of a fictional Eastern European country, gave rise to a genre called 'Ruritanian Romances'.
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Unable to tell her the truth, he sets out to rescue the king. The cousin agrees but complications set in, when he falls in love with the king's betrothed, Princess Flavia.
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Attendants at the palace persuade a distant cousin, who closely resembles the king, to stand in as a decoy - trying to thwart the Duke's attempt to steal power. He can't though, because he is imprisoned in a castle in a town called Zenda, while the Duke schemes to take his place, helped along by his mistress, Antoinette de Mauban, and his henchman, Count Rupert of Hentzau. It is imperative that the king attends however, in order to retain his crown. Set in the fictional country of Ruritania, it tells the story of the King, who is unable to attend his coronation ceremony because he has been drugged by his younger half-brother, the Duke of Strelsau. The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, first published in 1894. See the front cover of this book (image will open in new tab) Description Skip down page to downloads.Ĭategories » All ebooks » Fiction » Adventure Fiction ↩ Ebooks The Prisoner of Zenda Anthony Hopeįree download available in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook formats. This offer will be for a limited time only. Notice: For only £40 (down from £60), you can get the entire collection of over 3,000 ebooks, including around 900 that are no longer on the site.