Double Harness (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Anthony Hope

Overview

Love conquers all in this classic London drawing-room character study. Double Harness examines the institution of marriage, exemplified by six British couples along with assorted spinsters and bachelors. Idealism, hedonism, worldly status, children, and friendships are a few of the elements in this depiction of a marriage that comes very near to being a tragedy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411449695
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	04/12/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	436
File size:	409 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (1863-1933), who published under the name Anthony Hope, was a prolific English novelist and playwright.  His best-known works are the swashbuckling adventures Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel, Rupert of Hentzau (1898).  Knighted in 1918 for his wartime service with the Ministry of Information, his autobiography Memories and Notes appeared in 1927.