Ruritanian romance is a genre of literature, film and theatre comprising novels, stories, plays and films set in a fictional country, usually in Central or Eastern Europe, such as the "Ruritania" that gave the genre its name.
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Notable ExampleThe Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (1894) 1 Defining TraitStories centered on the ruling classes, almost always aristocracy and royalty 1 Connections
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1. Ruritanian romance (Wikipedia)
History of the genre
it was the great popularity of Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) which set the type
Opening paragraph
centered on the ruling classes, almost always aristocracy and royalty
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