[The Prisioner of Zenda]
Year:
1894
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Penguin
Year of publication:
2007
Pages:
322
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
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Rudolf Rassendyll is a wealthy young Englishman, who decides to leave the comfort of his village to attend the coronation of Rudolf V in distant Ruritania. But the day before the coronation the future monarch is kidnapped by his brother, Michael, lord of Zenda, so the young Rassendyll, who looks very much like the kidnapped prince, must act as if he were him, to prevent Rudolf V from losing the right to the throne. Book of adventures for young people, with touches of British humor, fun, to rest.
Author: Jorge Gaspar, Portugal
Update on: Jul 2024