{\b Anthony Hope (pseudonym of Anthony Hope Hawkins)}.

{\b Date of Birth}.: 9 February 1863

{\b Date of Death}.: 8 July 1933

{\b Works}.

A Man of Mark  (1890), The Dolly Dialogues  (1894),  The Prisoner of Zenda  
(1893), The Chronicles of Count Antonio  (1895), Phroso  (1897), Simon Dale  
(1898), Rupert of Hentzau  (1898), Sophy of Karavonia  (1906).

{\b Featured Works}.

The Prisoner of Zenda.

{\b General Comment}.

An English novelist, Anthony Hope was born in Clapton, London, the son of a 
clergyman. He was educated at Marlborough College on a scholarship, and later 
at Balliol College, Oxford, where he received a first in Greats. However, he 
decided to read law at the Middle Temple, and went to be become a successful 
lawyer. He published some short stories and his first novel, A Man of Mark  
(1903) during this time. The novel was published at his own expense, and 
failed to do well. His social observations for The Westminster  did do well, 
and were subsequently published as The Dolly Dialogues  (1894). His most 
famous novel, The Prisoner of Zenda , was written in a month (December 1893) 
and published in April of the same year. It was hugely successful, and 
represented a fresh approach to the adventure story. It was also noted for its 
shortness during a period in English fiction when novels was considerably 
long. It and its sequel, Rupert of Hentzau  (1898), established 'Ruritania' - 
the mythical country in South-Eastern Europe - as part of the terminology of 
English language. With the popularity of Zenda  (which was dramatised in 1896) 
and The Dolly Dialogues  Hope gave up his law career to devote all his time to 
writing.

He married in 1903, having lived with his father, the Vicar of St Bride's, 
Fleet Street, up until then. He worked for the Ministry of Information during 
World War Two for which he received a knighthood in 1918.