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Phroso
Phroso – Anthony Hope For this story there can be nothing but praise. It is true that it can scarcely be called literature, as doubtless no one knows better than the author. A writer who leaves off such work as Half a Hero and takes a royal road to fortune, if not to fame, with […]
The Heart of Princess Osra
The Heart of Princess Osra – Anthony Hope No character in recent fiction has excited greater interest than the beautiful, wilful, cruel, tender-hearted, proud, witty, and wholly delightful Princess Osra. Anthony Hope is at his best in the stories of which she is the heroine.’The Heart of Princess Osra is full of throbs and incidents, […]
Comedies of Courtship
Comedies of Courtship – Anthony Hope Mr. Anthony Hope is original, and original with a light-handed grace not too often found in English writers of fiction. His Comedies of Courtship remind one of pretty dances. The step of the dancers is light and firm, the figures graceful and lively. The whole leaves a sense of […]
The Chronicles of Count Antonio
The Chronicles of Count Antonio – Anthony Hope Mr. Anthony Hope is finding out his enviable position. Do what he will, he has the power to please most people. Whatever be his moods, and whatever the quality of his performance, he is never awkward, and elegance of form in any literary matter popularly interesting is […]
The Indiscretion of the Duchess
The Indiscretion of the Duchess – Anthony Hope „The Indiscretion of the Duchess“ may be classed with „The Prisoner of Zenda,“ and shares with that story the unabated interest from first page to last, and the superb handling of the romantic and adventurous. Even if this book had been published anonymously, a mistake as to […]
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda – Anthony Hope A glorious story, which cannot be too warmly recommended to all who love a tale that stirs the blood. Perhaps not the least among its many good qualities is the fact that its chivalry is of the nineteenth, not of the sixteenth century; that it is a tale […]
The God in the Car
The God in the Car – Anthony Hope The story of The God in the Car is of a very special character. Here we find the large canvas of serious life brushed over with a firm hand, relentless in general outlines and details—telling the tragedy of a woman’s love and the price that ambition pays […]
Half a Hero
Half a Hero – Anthony Hope 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 Change of Air
A Change of Air – Anthony Hope A highly clever performance, with little touches that recall both Balzac and Meredith. Mr. Hope, being disinclined to follow any of the beaten tracks of romance writing, is endowed with exceeding originality. The tragic undercurrent but increases the charm of the pervading wit and humor of the tale, […]
Mr Witt’s Widow
Mr Witt’s Widow – Anthony Hope The Hon. Gerald Neston, the on of Lord Tottlebuiy, agrees with his noble father, that the dignity of the title as well as his own comfort, make a rich marriage incumbent upon him. So he seeks out Mr. Witt’s widow, a lady of great wealth and no family, and […]