ruritania is the fictional european country that anthony hope invented for prisoner of zenda.
fictional european country anthony hope invented for prisoner of zenda?
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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 but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: "the prisoner of zenda" (1894) and its sequel "rupert of hentzau" (1898). these works, "minor classics" of english literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of ruritania and spawned the genre known as ruritanian romance, works set in fictional european locales similar to the novels. "zenda" has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 hollywood movie of the same name.
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the prisoner of zenda is an 1894 adventure novel by anthony hope.





















































the prisoner of zenda may also refer to one of its many film adaptations:





















































bullet::::- "the prisoner of zenda" (1913 film), with james keteltas hackett and beatrice beckley





















































bullet::::- "the prisoner of zenda" (1915 film), starring henry ainley and jane gail





















































bullet::::- "the prisoner of zenda" (1922 film), featuring lewis stone and alice terry





















































bullet::::- "the prisoner of zenda" (1937 film), starring ronald colman and madeleine carroll





















































bullet::::- "the prisoner of zenda" (1952 film), with stewart granger and deborah kerr
the prisoner of zenda (disambiguation)