The Prisoner of Zenda is a classic adventure novel by Anthony Hope. The story revolves around a protagonist named Rudolf Rassendyll, who is called upon to impersonate the king of a fictional country named Ruritania. He becomes embroiled in a high-stakes game of political intrigue, romance, and daring escapades.

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I: The Rassendylls—with a Word on the Elphbergs

II: Concerning the Colour of Men’s Hair

III: A Merry Evening with a Distant Relative

IV: The King Keeps His Appointment

V: The Adventures of an Understudy

VI: The Secret of a Cellar

VII: His Majesty Sleeps in Strelsau

VIII: A Fair Cousin and a Dark Brother

IX: A New Use for a Tea-Table

X: A Great Chance for a Villain

XI: Hunting a Very Big Boar

XII: I Receive a Visitor and Bait a Hook

XIII: An Improvement on Jacob’s Ladder

XIV: A Night Outside the Castle

XV: I Talk with a Tempter

XVI: A Desperate Plan

XVII: Young Rupert’s Midnight Diversions

XVIII: The Forcing of the Trap

XIX: Face to Face in the Forest

XX: The Prisoner and the King

XXI: If Love Were All!

XXII: Present, Past—and Future?

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The Prisoner of Zenda