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1、ThePrisonerofZendaHope,AnthonyPublished:1894Categorie(s):Fiction,Action&Adventure,Romance,ThrillersSource:http://www.gutenberg.org1AboutHope:SirAnthonyHopeHawkins,betterknownasAnthonyHope(9Febru-ary1863–8July1933),wasanEnglishnovelistandplaywright.Al-thoughhewasaprolificw
2、riter,especiallyofadventurenovels,heisre-memberedbestforonlytwobooks:ThePrisonerofZenda(1894)anditssequelRupertofHentzau(1898).Theseworks,"minorclassics"ofEng-lishliterature,aresetinthecontemporaneousfictionalcountryofRurit-aniaandspawnedthegenreknownasRuritanianromance.Z
3、endahasinspiredmanyadaptations,mostnotablythe1937Hollywoodmovieofthesamename.AlsoavailableonFeedbooksforHope:•RupertofHentzau(1898)Copyright:ThisworkisavailableforcountrieswherecopyrightisLife+70andintheUSA.Note:ThisbookisbroughttoyoubyFeedbookshttp://www.feedbooks.comStr
4、ictlyforpersonaluse,donotusethisfileforcommercialpurposes.2Chapter1TheRassendylls—WithaWordontheElphbergs"Iwonderwhenintheworldyou'regoingtodoanything,Rudolf?"saidmybrother'swife."MydearRose,"Ianswered,layingdownmyegg-spoon,"whyintheworldshouldIdoanything?Mypositionisacom
5、fortableone.Ihaveanincomenearlysufficientformywants(noone'sincomeiseverquitesuf-ficient,youknow),Ienjoyanenviablesocialposition:IambrothertoLordBurlesdon,andbrother-in-lawtothatcharminglady,hiscountess.Behold,itisenough!""Youarenine-and-twenty,"sheobserved,"andyou'vedonen
6、othingbut—""Knockabout?Itistrue.Ourfamilydoesn'tneedtodothings."ThisremarkofmineratherannoyedRose,foreverybodyknows(andthereforetherecanbenoharminreferringtothefact)that,prettyandaccomplishedassheherselfis,herfamilyishardlyofthesamestandingastheRassendylls.Besidesherattra
7、ctions,shepossessedalargefortune,andmybrotherRobertwaswiseenoughnottomindaboutherancestry.Ancestryis,infact,amatterconcerningwhichthenextobservationofRose'shassometruth."Goodfamiliesaregenerallyworsethananyothers,"shesaid.UponthisIstrokedmyhair:Iknewquitewellwhatshemeant.
8、"I'msogladRobert'sisblack!"shecried.AtthismomentRobert(whorisesatsevenandworksbeforebreak-fast)c
