Project Gutenberg 2010-06-04 Public domain in the USA. 116 Lever, Charles James 1806 1872 Lorrequer, Harry O'Dowd, Cornelius Cooke, W. Cubitt (William Cubitt) 1866 1951 Cooke, William Cubitt Cooke, W.C. A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Widger "A Day's Ride: A Life's Romance" by Charles James Lever is a novel written in the late 19th century. This tale takes us into the life of Algernon Sydney Potts, a young man who dreams of adventure and romance beyond the mundane existence established by his lineage as an apothecary's son. With aspirations to escape his father's disappointment and the drudgery of his inheritance, he embarks on a quest that promises excitement and the possibility of achieving something greater in life. The opening of the novel introduces us to Potts' internal struggles and ambitions, grounded in his dissatisfaction with his father's ambitions for him and the limitations of his profession. He expresses a desire for adventure, contrasting his dreams with the reality of his studies at Trinity College, Dublin, where he feels isolated and ridiculed by his peers. As he contemplates a journey away from societal expectations, he decides to hire a gentle cream-colored horse, Blondel, and sets off with hopes of uncharted experiences. The excitement of his planned adventure is tinged with a mixture of hope and self-doubt, foreshadowing the trials he may encounter on his journey. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 930486 930487 2024-10-14T04:19:03.404170 2023-09-14T09:10:29.215888 text/html text/html 955010 2021-02-24T16:44:41 text/html; charset=utf-8 648682 2021-02-24T16:44:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 751901 2024-10-14T04:19:16.518551 application/epub+zip 769451 2024-10-14T04:19:07.144120 application/epub+zip 456646 2024-10-14T04:19:05.626135 application/epub+zip 1090005 2024-10-14T04:19:24.352508 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1046214 2024-10-14T04:19:15.519549 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 685142 2022-09-15T05:51:44.630157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 875119 2024-10-14T04:19:01.664209 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 886815 2018-02-28T09:08:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 354143 2018-03-20T06:11:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 874844 2016-09-15T11:14:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 352474 2016-09-15T11:14:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 874845 2010-06-04T16:17:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 352295 2010-06-04T16:17:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22975 2024-10-14T04:19:24.496522 application/rdf+xml 14213 2024-10-14T04:19:06.202136 image/jpeg 3529 2024-10-14T04:19:05.914121 image/jpeg 730967 2024-10-14T04:19:03.497146 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia