# Sophy of Kravonia

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
CONTENTS
* PAGE
* Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................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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