Books like The Prisoner of Zenda
12 books with a reading profile close to The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope, Gary Hoppenstand, Diane Mowat, Alan Marks, Francesc Ràfols, Andrew Pugsley, Summer M. Hogan, Summer Hogan, Smidgen Press, Charles Dana Gibson, Daniel Lanza Barba, Javier Fornell Fernandez, Stephen Colbourn, Katy Jackson, James Wilby, Robinson, M.. Practical, clear-cut and escapist; a moderate read.
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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
by Howard Pyle
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
In medieval Nottinghamshire, young Robin Hood becomes an outlaw after killing a royal deer and an abusive forester in self-defense.
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Schweizerische Robinson
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
The narrative recounts the experiences of a Swiss pastor, his wife, and their four sons—Fritz, Ernest, Jack, and Franz—after their ship wrecks on a deserted tropical island.
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The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
During the American Civil War, five northern prisoners escape Richmond by hijacking a hot air balloon, only to crash onto a remote, uncharted volcanic island in the Pacific.
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Micah Clarke
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
In the late seventeenth century, young Micah Clarke leaves his father’s shop in Hampshire to join the Monmouth Rebellion against King James II.
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The Three Musketeers
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
D’Artagnan, a headstrong provincial nobleman, arrives in 17th-century Paris hoping to join the elite guard of King Louis XIII.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
In 1872 London, the stoic Phileas Fogg bets half his fortune that he can circumnavigate the globe in exactly eighty days.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Also practical and clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Set during the Reign of Terror in 1792, the plot follows a mysterious English vigilante known as the Scarlet Pimpernel, who leads a secret society to rescue French aristocrats from the guillotine.
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Ivanhoe
by Walter Scott
Also clear-cut · entertainment, narrative
Set in twelfth-century England, the story follows Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a Saxon knight returning from the Crusades to a land fractured by ethnic tension.
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The Ransom of Red Chief
by O. Henry
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
The story follows Bill and Sam, two small-time con artists who kidnap Johnny, the ten-year-old son of a prominent citizen in Alabama, to fund a real estate scam.
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Valley of the Dolls
Also practical and escapist · entertainment, narrative
In 1945, Anne Welles leaves her quiet New England home for New York City, where she finds work at a theatrical agency.
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The Doings of Raffles Haw
Also clear-cut and escapist · narrative, classic literature
Raffles Haw is a reclusive chemist who discovers a method to transmute lead into gold, granting him nearly infinite wealth.
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Treasure Island
Also clear-cut and escapist · entertainment, narrative
Young Jim Hawkins discovers a hand-drawn map in the trunk of a deceased sea captain, pointing the way to Captain Flint’s buried hoard on a remote tropical island.
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