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The Prisoner of Zenda

Anthony Hope

First published 1913
Series Ruritania #1
Publisher Thomas Nelson & Sons
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 280

Concerning this novel and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau: Hope's "relevance to sf is indirect though pervasive ... Beyond a plethora of coincidences and doublings, and a dream-like sense of magic enablement, there is nothing inherently fantasticated in Hope's actual tales, beyond the fact that Ruritania does not exist." -- SFE3, biographical entry by John Clute

Set in Ruritania – the original. "Ruritania is a fictional country, originally located in central Europe as a setting for novels by Anthony Hope, such as The Prisoner of Zenda (1894). Nowadays the term connotes a quaint minor European country, or is used as a placeholder name for an unspecified country in academic discussions." --Wikipedia, "Ruritania"

  • Date from Amazon.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Prisoner of Zenda Cover 1946 Bantam Books Paperback Novel 33 Edgard Cirlin 184
The Prisoner of Zenda 1961 Epstein & Carroll Hardcover Novel 252
The Prisoner of Zenda 2006 Project Gutenberg eBook Novel 95
The Prisoner of Zenda Cover 2007 Penguin Books eBook Novel Michael Topping
The Prisoner of Zenda Cover 2007 Penguin Books (US) Paperback Novel Michael Topping 208