The Dolly Dialogues (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

By Anthony Hope

The flirtatious relationship between bachelor Sam Carter and the vivacious beauty Dorothea “Dolly” Foster takes them from Monte Carlo to London. When Dolly marries a wealthy lord, Sam feigns indifference—but they both know the truth. Enormously popular when published, this novel is an insightful look into the social mores of the fashionable late-Victorian scene.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble
• Release date: Apr 12, 2011
• ISBN: 9781411449688

Anthony Hope

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins was born in 1863 and, after taking a degree at Oxford University, was called to the bar in 1887. He initially combined a successful career as a barrister with writing but the immediate success of his tenth book, The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), allowed him to become a full-time writer. The novel spawned a new genre – Ruritanian romance – and has been adapted numerous times for film, television and stage. In all, Hope wrote thirty-two works of fiction and an autobiography. At the close of the First World War he was knighted for his contribution to propaganda work. Hope died in 1933.

Reviews for The Dolly Dialogues (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

[gibbon_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Light, amusing conversations in short chapters between a well-to-do bachelor and the lady friends of his social circle in pre-World War I London. The lower classes don't intrude.By the author of "The Prisoner of Zenda".