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Anthony Hope Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Feb 9, 1863
  • Died: Jul 8, 1933

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope, was an English novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered best for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau. These works, "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance. Zenda has inspired many adaptations, most notably the 1937 Hollywood movie of the same name.

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation. poetry

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it? truth

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

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Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 other quotes from William Butler Yeats

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Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 sayings from Dave Barry

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We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 other quotes from Winston Churchill

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