Project Gutenberg 2010-10-25 Public domain in the USA. 175 Whitelaw, David 1875 1970 The Princess Galva: A Romance Reading ease score: 77.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Al Haines "The Princess Galva: A Romance" by David Whitelaw is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Edward Povey, a middle-aged clerk who has just been dismissed after twenty-two years of service. As he navigates feelings of loss, regret, and unexpected freedom, Edward's life takes a wild turn when he becomes entangled in a plot involving a princess of an obscure European kingdom, igniting a series of adventures that promise a blend of romance and intrigue. The beginning of the novel introduces us to Edward Povey on the day of his dismissal, capturing his reflections on a life spent in monotony and the sudden possibility of change. As he returns home to his wife Charlotte, tensions rise as Edward grapples with his new reality while harboring aspirations that lead him to accept a caretaker position for his former employer's cottage. This reestablishes his connection to adventure when he encounters characters intertwined with his fate and a mysterious letter that hints at his involvement with an exiled princess. Whitelaw sets the stage for Edward’s transformation from a mundane clerk to a man embroiled in a grand narrative, intriguingly juxtaposing his ordinary life with the allure of romance and royal lineage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34130/34130-h/images/img-cover.jpg en Adventure stories Princesses -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 432870 424724 2025-02-14T05:11:26.722067 2023-09-15T05:38:03.073917 text/html text/html 418561 2021-01-07T02:43:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 232980 2021-01-07T02:43:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 248863 2025-02-14T05:11:32.287003 application/epub+zip 256866 2025-02-14T05:11:27.386090 application/epub+zip 222659 2025-02-14T05:11:27.040072 application/epub+zip 381852 2025-02-14T05:11:36.120000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364033 2025-02-14T05:11:31.917029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 329285 2022-09-15T13:46:43.320292 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 387364 387360 2025-02-14T05:11:25.632034 2023-09-15T05:38:02.112849 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 387136 2021-01-07T02:43:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 150251 2021-01-07T02:43:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 387130 2021-01-07T02:43:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 150179 2021-01-07T02:43:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21829 2025-02-14T05:11:36.251977 application/rdf+xml 19885 2025-02-14T05:11:27.122021 image/jpeg 3269 2025-02-14T05:11:27.081040 image/jpeg 234574 2025-02-14T05:11:26.762082 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