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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instanceOf Ruritanian romance
adventure novel
novel
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author Anthony Hope
character Antoinette de Mauban
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
political intrigue
romance
hasMotif doppelgänger
political conspiracy
hasTheme duty versus love
honor and loyalty
identity and impersonation
influenced Ruritanian romance genre
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surface form: Ruritania series
literarySignificance classic of adventure literature
narrativePointOfView first-person
narrator Rudolf Rassendyll
notableFor frequent film adaptations
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
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
surface form: Longmans, Green, and Co.
setting Ruritania
Strelsau
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century

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St James's Theatre notableProduction The Prisoner of Zenda
Alice Terry notableWork The Prisoner of Zenda
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. notableWork The Prisoner of Zenda
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Jules Furthman notableWork The Prisoner of Zenda
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Louis Calhern notableWork The Prisoner of Zenda
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Ramon Novarro notableWork The Prisoner of Zenda
Ronald Colman notableWork The Prisoner of Zenda
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Ramon Novarro starredIn The Prisoner of Zenda
Noel Langley wroteScreenplayFor The Prisoner of Zenda
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