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Lord Wheatley, looking for adventure, decides to purchase an island, Neopalia, a Turkish possession in the Aegean Sea. But when he travels there to take it over, the natives don't want to give it up, and they insist that Phroso be its ruler. Complications ensue when Wheatley... Read Full Overview

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'Quot homines tot sententi ;' so many men, so many fancies. My fancy was for an island. Perhaps boyhood's glamour hung yet round sea-girt rocks, and 'faery lands forlorn, ' still beckoned me; perhaps I felt that London was too full, the Highlands rather fuller, the Swiss mountains... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

"Phroso" from Anthony Hope. English novelist and playwright (1863-1933).

""Phroso: A Romance"" is a novel written by Anthony Hope that tells the story of an Englishman named Harold Armytage who travels to the Greek island of Melos to find his lost love, Phroso. Along the way, he encounters a variety of characters, including a mysterious countess,... Read Full Overview