Sophy of Kravonia
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1906. Adapted into films twice.
In no way connected with its honored forerunner [The Prisoner of Zenda], it pulls at the same heartstrings. By a reversal it is now an English woman whose fortunes knot themselves up with those of a mythical kingdom, yet there is nothing mythical about Sophy, though everything that is original. She is a genuine and most charming person, with "her masculine mind and her feminine soul"—described by an admirer as being "like a singularly able and energetic sunbeam." The whole eventful story is so well knit that each marvel seems not only possible but almost inevitable. … —from the review in The Nation 25 October 1906 [Full review(s) on the discussion page]
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SOPHY OF KRAVONIA
SOPHY
OF KRAVONIA
A Novel
BY
ANTHONY HOPE
AUTHOR OF
"THE PRISONER OF ZENDA "
"THE INTRUSIONS OF PEGGY" ETC.
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
MCMVI
Copyright, 1905, by Anthony Hope Hawkins.
All rights reserved.
Published October, 1906.
CONTENTS
PAGE - ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
v PART I MORPINGHAM - CHAP.
I. Enoch Grouch's Daughter................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 II. The Cook and the Catechism................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10 III. Beautiful Julia and my Lord................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19 IV. Fate's Way or Ldy Meg's................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................29 V. The Vision of "Something Bright"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................40 PART II PARIS I. Pharos, Mantis, and Co................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................45 II. The Loud of Youth................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55 III. The Note and no Reasons................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................64 IV. The Picture and the Star................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................72 PART III KRAVONIA I. The Name-Day of the King................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................79 II. At the Golden Lion................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................90 III. The Virgin with the Lamp................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................101 IV. The Message of the Night................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................110 V. A Question of Memory................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................118
VII. The Baroness Goes to Court................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................139 VIII. Monseigneur's Uniform................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................149 IX. Countess Ellenburg Prays................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................159 X. Thr Sound of a Trumpet................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................169 XI. M. Zerkovitch's Bedroom Fire................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................180 XII. Joyful of Heart................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................193 XIII. A Delicate Duty................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................203 XIV. His Majesty Dies To-Morrow!................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................216 XV. A Job for Captain Hercules................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................225 XVI. A Frenchman and a Mattress................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................235 XVII. Ingenious Colonel Stanitz................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................246 XVIII. To the Faithful City................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................258 XIX. The Sivler Ring................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................267 XX. They have colds in Slavana................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................280 XXI. On Saturday at Miklevni!................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................292 XXII. Jealous of Death................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................303 XXIII. A Woman and a Ghost................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................313 XXIV. True to Her Love................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................325
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