Hope Anthony: 156 books

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 is accepted by her. But at the dinner given...

This 1897 novel is framed as a collection of tales told by “Ambrose, the Fransiscan,” a medieval monk.  The titular Count Antonio is a nobleman forced into outlawry when his love for the ward of Duke Valentine is spurned.  “The charm of the book lies in the simplicity and gravity of the narrator's manner,” wrote the New York Times.

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 Prisoner of Zenda, must be conscious...

This 1895 collection, when published in America was strongly, if uselessly, repudiated by the author for copyright reasons. It consists of eight stories:  "Reluctance," "Why Men Don't Marry," "A Change of Heart," "A Repentant Sinner," "'Twixt Will and Will Not," "Which Shall it Be?" "Marriage by Compulsion" and "All's Well that Ends Well."

This classic 1894 adventure novel was so popular that a subgenre of fiction was named after Ruritania, the fictitious European country in which the story is set. It features Rudolf Rassendyll, an English nobleman whose remarkable resemblance to Prince Rudolph of Ruritania results in his becoming the prince's stand-in when Rudolph is abducted on the eve of his coronation. 

In this 1893 novel, a young poet, Dale Bannister, suddenly finds himself possessed of fame and fortune.  He moves to the town of Denborough, where he acquires an enemy, Squire Delane, and an equally unwelcome acolyte, Dr. Roberts. 

Ce roman est la suite du Prisonnier de Zenda. La fin du premier volume a fixé le sort du duc de Strelsau, du roi Rodolphe, de Rodolphe Rassendyll. Mais, qu'en est-il de Rupert de Hentzau, qu'est devenu Rodolphe Rassendyll après l'aventure qu'il a vécue? C'est ce que vous apprendrez en lisant ce passionnant second volume...Édition Ebooks libres et gratuits.

Rodolphe Rassendyll, un touriste anglais, arrive a Strelsau, capitale d'un pays imaginaire d'Europe Centrale, la Ruritanie. Il y rencontre un lointain cousin dont il est le parfait sosie, le prince héritier Rodolphe V. Celui-ci doit etre couronné roi le lendemain, mais a l'issue de la soirée que...

This novel by the author of "The Prisoner of Zenda" and "Dolly Dialogues" is much more closely related to reality in life and character than most other books.  Everything is ready for the fashionable London wedding of the heroine and the son of a famous old diplomat....

Although among his more recent writings, the author of The Dolly Dialogues has done some rather serious and careful work, there is no exaggeration in saying that in literarv technique and human interest and the various other qualities that go to make good fiction The Great Miss Driver is easily the...

This 1905 novel features a talented young actress, Ora Pinsent, who leads a life of superficial pleasures.  When she falls in love with Ashley Mead, a young barrister, she has a chance at something more.  "One seldom meets in fiction a character drawn with such sympathy, such insight, such delicate and persuasive art," said the New York Times.