Madame Antoinette de Mauban:
She was a French widow who loved Duke Michael .
She helped Rassendyll to save the king's life to prevent Michael from becoming a king.
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Fritz:He was a count and one of the king's honest men.
He was helpful and honest to the king .
He helped Sapt and Rassenyll a lot.
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Duke Michael :
He was the Duke of Strelsau .He hated his brother &was jealous of him.
He wanted to get the throne and also to marry princess Falvia .
He made evil plans to get rid of his brother ,but his plans failed because of the bravery & chivalry of Rassendyll.
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He was the Duke of Strelsau .He hated his brother &was jealous of him.
He wanted to get the throne and also to marry princess Falvia .
He made evil plans to get rid of his brother ,but his plans failed because of the bravery & chivalry of Rassendyll.
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Commentary:
* The prisoner of Zenda contains many of the traditional elements of romantic novels including mistaken identity letters written in secret , jealousy, thwarted love and chivalry courteous , gallant behavior .
While playing the role of the king,Rassendyll wins princess Flavia's heart .But he can't tell her who he really is ,and his sense of chivalry makes him more uncomfortable with the deceit the longer it continues.
*Fate also plays an important part in the novel criticized at the start of the book for wasting his life, Rassendyll was accused of being an idle person who depends on his father's wealth ,but he found himself in a situation which drives him to risk his life and saved the king.
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* The prisoner of Zenda contains many of the traditional elements of romantic novels including mistaken identity letters written in secret , jealousy, thwarted love and chivalry courteous , gallant behavior .
While playing the role of the king,Rassendyll wins princess Flavia's heart .But he can't tell her who he really is ,and his sense of chivalry makes him more uncomfortable with the deceit the longer it continues.
*Fate also plays an important part in the novel criticized at the start of the book for wasting his life, Rassendyll was accused of being an idle person who depends on his father's wealth ,but he found himself in a situation which drives him to risk his life and saved the king.
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Colonel Sapt :
He was a colonel in the army of Ruritania who was a close friend to King Rudolf.
He was as honest and brave person. He was ready to sacrifice his life for the sake of the king.
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He was a colonel in the army of Ruritania who was a close friend to King Rudolf.
He was as honest and brave person. He was ready to sacrifice his life for the sake of the king.
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Anthony Hope:
He was born in London in 1863. He was the son of a headmaster. At the age of 13, he was sent to a well known school called Marlborough. He was a very clever boy and did well there. Then Hope went to Oxford University. He graduated with a very good degree and decided to follow a career in law in London.
While he was studying law, Anthony Hope started to write fiction. He began to write stories for the Westminster Gazette in London. The prisoner of Zenda is Hope's most famous novel. From this novel, he earned enough money to give up his careers in law.
Anthony Hope married in 1903 and had two sons and a daughter. During World War I he worked for the ministry of Information. At the end of the war, he was given the title ‘‘Sir’’ to reward him for his war work.
Anthony Hope wrote many novels including some historical fiction.
He loved the theater and wrote some plays &he also adapted some of his own novels to be performed on the stage.
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins died at 1933.
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A brief summery:
The novel tells the story of an English gentleman, Rudolf Rassendyll, who looks very much like King Rudolf the fifth of Ruritania, an imaginary country in Europe.
Just before the king's coronation, his evil brother Duke Michael imprisons him in the castle of Zenda. Rassendyll is asked to pretend to be the king at the coronation to prevent Michael from becoming king.
During this time, Rassendyll falls in love with the beautiful princess Flavia , who is destined to marry the king .
He saves the king's life and renounces his love for the princess.
The prisoner of Zenda contains many of the traditional elements of romantic novels including mistaken identity, letters written in secret, jealousy, thwarted love and chivalry courteous, gallant behavior.
Fate also plays a very important part in the novel.
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The novel tells the story of an English gentleman, Rudolf Rassendyll, who looks very much like King Rudolf the fifth of Ruritania, an imaginary country in Europe.
Just before the king's coronation, his evil brother Duke Michael imprisons him in the castle of Zenda. Rassendyll is asked to pretend to be the king at the coronation to prevent Michael from becoming king.
During this time, Rassendyll falls in love with the beautiful princess Flavia , who is destined to marry the king .
He saves the king's life and renounces his love for the princess.
The prisoner of Zenda contains many of the traditional elements of romantic novels including mistaken identity, letters written in secret, jealousy, thwarted love and chivalry courteous, gallant behavior.
Fate also plays a very important part in the novel.
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PRISONER OF ZENDA
A bief idea about the novel;
The novel tells the story of an English gentleman,
Rudolf Rassendyll, who looks very much like king Rudolf the fifth of Ruritania , an imaginary country in Europe .
Just before the king's coronation, his evil brother Duke Michael imprisons him in the castle of Zenda.
Rassendyll is asked to pretend to be the king at the coronation to prevent Michael from becoming king during this time Rassendyll falls in love with the beautiful princess Falvia, who is destined to the king . He saves the king's life and renounces his love for the princess.
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The novel tells the story of an English gentleman,
Rudolf Rassendyll, who looks very much like king Rudolf the fifth of Ruritania , an imaginary country in Europe .
Just before the king's coronation, his evil brother Duke Michael imprisons him in the castle of Zenda.
Rassendyll is asked to pretend to be the king at the coronation to prevent Michael from becoming king during this time Rassendyll falls in love with the beautiful princess Falvia, who is destined to the king . He saves the king's life and renounces his love for the princess.
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