"Mr. Witt's Widow: A Frivolous Tale" is a romantic novel set in the English countryside. The Nestons, of Tottlebury Grange in the county of Suffolk, were an ancient and honourable family, never very distinguished or very rich, but yet for many generations back always richer and more distinguished than the common run of mankind. The newly elevated peer, Lord Tottlebury, is to celebrate the wedding of his son Gerald to the wealthy widow Mrs. Witt. At a party to introduce her to the family, eyebrows are however raised when George Neston, his nephew behaves strangely towards Mrs. Witts. Little do they realize that in fact the two had met before...
Though it definitely breaks the mold of his best-known work, The Prisoner of Zenda, the humorous romp Mr. Witt's Widow was one of English novelist Anthony Hope's most successful books. George Neston finds himself enmeshed in a romantic entanglement with the young, beautiful widow Neaera Witt -- but their courtship doesn't go as smoothly as he hoped.
Famous for his 1894 adventure novel ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’, Anthony Hope was an Edwardian era novelist whose works spawned the Ruritanian romance genre. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Hope’s complete works (except for two books not in the US public domain), with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hope’s life and works * Concise introductions to the famous novels and other texts * 29 novels, with individual contents tables * Includes rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including LUCINDA * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the Edwardian texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Includes Hope’s rare war essays – available in no other collection * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, Hope’s last novel ‘Little Tiger’ and his autobiography ‘Memories and Notes’ cannot appear in this edition. When the texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels A MAN OF MARK FATHER STAFFORD MR WITT’S WIDOW A CHANGE OF AIR HALF A HERO THE GOD IN THE CAR THE INDISCRETION OF THE DUCHESS THE PRISONER OF ZENDA THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO THE HEART OF PRINCESS OSRA PHROSO RUPERT OF HENTZAU SIMON DALE THE KING’S MIRROR QUISANTÉ TRISTRAM OF BLENT THE INTRUSIONS OF PEGGY DOUBLE HARNESS A SERVANT OF THE PUBLIC SOPHY OF KRAVONIA HELENA’S PATH THE GREAT MISS DRIVER SECOND STRING MRS MAXON PROTESTS A YOUNG MAN’S YEAR CAPTAIN DIEPPE THE SECRET OF THE TOWER BEAUMAROY HOME FROM THE WARS LUCINDA The Short Story Collections SPORT ROYAL AND OTHER STORIES FRIVOLOUS CUPID THE DOLLY DIALOGUES COMEDIES OF COURTSHIP TALES OF TWO PEOPLE The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Non-Fiction DIALOGUE: A LECTURE THE NEW (GERMAN) TESTAMENT: SOME TEXTS AND A COMMENTARY MILITARISM, GERMAN AND BRITISH WHY ITALY IS WITH THE ALLIES Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks
