Length10h 19m
About this audiobook
After his kingdom of Ruritania had been invaded by a score or more of imitators, Mr. Anthony Hope came back to England to sing of a man sans arms, whose victories are as remarkable, if not so renowned, as those of Rudolph Rassendyll. Alexander Quisante becomes a power in the house of commons and a ruler in that realm of finance known in London as "the city," all by the grace of a ready tongue, an adjustable conscience, and the stupidity of his fellow men. His equipment for a hero is very meager. In the first place he was "not quite a gentleman," not merely in the English acceptance of that term, but even in our more democratic diction. The fact that nothing was known of his antecedents beyond the rumor that his father had grown wine in Spain might be overlooked, but not the defects in his manners and morals. On public occasions and in regard to public audiences he possessed a tact and a power of understanding the feelings of his company which entirely and conspicuously failed him in private life. He was ill-bred, but he was not mean; he was a vaunter, but not a coward; he demanded adherence and did not beg alms. This was the attitude of his mind, so strongly contradicted by the cringing of his body and the wheedling of his tongue ...
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics
Length10 hrs 19 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 15, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I.
11CHAPTER XI.
2CHAPTER II.
12CHAPTER XII.
3CHAPTER III.
13CHAPTER XIII.
4CHAPTER IV.
14CHAPTER XIV.
5CHAPTER V.
15CHAPTER XV.
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6CHAPTER VI.
16CHAPTER XVI.
7CHAPTER VII.
17CHAPTER XVII.
8CHAPTER VIII.
18CHAPTER XVIII.
9CHAPTER IX.
19CHAPTER XIX.
10CHAPTER X.
20CHAPTER XX.
Series
A Young Man's YearAnthony Hope12h 48m$2.30
Half a HeroAnthony Hope7h 33m$2.30
Comedies of CourtshipAnthony Hope7h 13m$2.30
A Man of MarkAnthony Hope4h 20m$2.30
The God in the CarAnthony Hope8h 16m$2.30
Mrs. Maxon ProtestsAnthony Hope11h 11m$2.30
Rupert of HentzauAnthony Hope9h 8m$2.30
Dolly DialoguesAnthony Hope3h 34m$2.30
Sport Royal and Other StoriesAnthony Hope3h 10m$2.30
Mr. Witt's WidowAnthony Hope4h 40m$2.30
The Prisoner of ZendaAnthony Hope5h 57m$2.30
Sophy of KravoniaAnthony Hope10h 4m$2.30
The Indiscretion of the DuchessAnthony Hope5h 53m$2.30
The Chronicles of Count AntonioAnthony Hope6h 36m$2.30
Simon DaleAnthony Hope12h 5m$2.30
A Change of AirAnthony Hope6h 37m$2.30
Phroso A RomanceAnthony Hope10h 38m$2.30
The King's MirrorAnthony Hope11h 9m$2.30
Tales of Two PeopleAnthony Hope11h 32m$2.30
A Servant of the PublicAnthony Hope11h 22m$2.30
Desperate MeasuresBrenda Jackson8h 59m5.0 (1)$28 · $0.00
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