The Prisoner of Zenda
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The Prisoner of Zenda is a classic adventure novel, frequently adapted to film, about an Englishman who must impersonate a kidnapped king to save a central European kingdom.
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Ruritanian romance
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adventure novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
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| author | Anthony Hope ⓘ |
| character |
Antoinette de Mauban
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Colonel Sapt ⓘ Duke Michael of Strelsau ⓘ Fritz von Tarlenheim ⓘ King Rudolf V ⓘ Princess Flavia ⓘ Rudolf Rassendyll ⓘ Rupert of Hentzau ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Graphic ⓘ |
| followedBy | Rupert of Hentzau ⓘ |
| follows | none ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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political intrigue ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
doppelgänger
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political conspiracy ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
duty versus love
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honor and loyalty ⓘ identity and impersonation ⓘ |
| influenced | Ruritanian romance genre ⓘ |
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| literarySignificance | classic of adventure literature ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Rudolf Rassendyll ⓘ |
| notableFor |
frequent film adaptations
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popularizing the fictional kingdom of Ruritania ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotSummary | An Englishman who resembles a Ruritanian king must impersonate him after the king is drugged and kidnapped on the eve of his coronation. ⓘ |
| protagonist | Rudolf Rassendyll ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1894 ⓘ |
| publisher |
J. W. Arrowsmith
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Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer ⓘ
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| setting |
Ruritania
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Strelsau ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century ⓘ |
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1961 TV series)
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1979 film)
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Zenda (1963 musical)
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Ruritania series
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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