Talk:The Prisoner of Zenda

message: With regard to The Zenda Vendetta: For what it's worth, I think Hawke deliberately ignored the sequel; there's a consistent pattern of apparently-not-being-aware-of-the-sequel throughout the Time Wars series. This is probably because of the other point I wanted to raise, which is that The Zenda Vendetta is - again, as is the rule for the series - not based directly on the novel, but on one of the film versions; which might also explain various other differences between Hawke's novel and Hope's original.
--Paul A 02:09, 27 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Time Wars

message: Could someone please add an explanation of what or where Zenda is?  Nareek 04:26, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Clarityfiend 18:55, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks!! Nareek 19:38, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zenda 

message: I beleive it's worth splitting. The novel entry is getting pretty good, and the film belongs to Peter Seller's starring filmography. It will help the film article develop further. Hoverfish 17:30, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Strongly agree: It's getting pretty cluttered. The 1937 film alone definitely deserves its own article. Clarityfiend 05:53, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Strongly agree:Separate articles on the major films, and references here to the operetta a minor films. - PKM 18:31, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

text: The 1937 film now has its own article. Clarityfiend 10:37, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Splitting 

message: Should the split tag be removed from the article? There is not obviously anything which should be split. Glancing through the history, it appears that the split was accomplished in February '07. Sbowers3 21:22, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove split tag? 

message: One editor, perhaps thinking that "feckless" was a typo changed it to reckless. I reverted it because in context feckless probably is the better word. Later, another editor deleted it and summarized the edit as "minor corrections". (There were two other minor corrections.) The dictionary defines feckless as "lacking in efficiency or vitality; unthinking and irresponsible", which fits perfectly.
I didn't write the word in the first place so I have no vested interest. I'm going to change it back one more time and insert a hidden comment explaining that it is a perfectly good word. If some future editor knowing the definition of the word still decides to delete, then so be it. Sbowers3 20:07, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought feckless a bit much, but have no real problem with it. --Counter-revolutionary 20:14, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And I'm well aware of what feckless means! ha! --Counter-revolutionary 20:15, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I'll leave it up to you. The first editor of that word apparently didn't know it. Sbowers3 20:18, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's wrong with "feckless"? 

message: I read the plot summary in the Main Article, and I thought of Twain's The Prince and the Pauper.  Has anyone ever determined if Hope was influenced by The Prince and the Pauper which was published a few years earlier, in 1881?  I'm thinking that there may be other examples that might predate Hope and Twain and I'm wondering if it's worth mentioning them in the context of "civilian masquerades as royalty" or "civilian - royalty switch".  (I suppose there is partial overlap with "royalty masquerades as civilian", too.  E.g., the movie Roman Holiday.) AdderUser (talk) 07:21, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Similar Plotlines 

message: An anonymous, unexplained edit has suggested that this translates from the Bengali as "The Prisoner of Zenda" rather than "The Prisoner of Jhind". I have reverted it as I assume that "Jhind" is just as much a proper name as is "Zenda" There is also a suggestion that the book is spelt "Bondi" while the film is spelt "Bandi". Can anyone fluent in both Bengali and English (and preferably has read the book and seen the film) clarify this ?
RGCorris (talk) 14:40, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jhinder Bandi (or Bondi) 

message: Is there a linik between the Zenda-novel and the Prince and the Papuer? Both Stories make a change between a King and a normal man.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.110.14.237 (talk) 22:28, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zenda / Prince and the Pauper