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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aPhillips, David Graham,
_d1867-1911
245 1 0 _aHer Serene Highness: A Novel
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2020-12-25
508 _aE-text prepared by D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
520 _a"Her Serene Highness: A Novel" by David Graham Phillips is a fictional narrative written in the early 20th century. It revolves around themes of art, love, and nobility, likely set against a backdrop of European aristocracy. The story primarily follows Frederick Grafton, an American art collector, as he becomes intertwined with the lives of a Grand Duke and his intriguing niece, Erica, highlighting the contrasts between commoner and royal expectations. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Frederick Grafton, who is passionately in pursuit of a particular painting, a spurious Velasquez, that he believes will enhance his collection. His obsession leads him to Zweitenbourg, where he encounters the Grand Duke and his niece, Erica. As Grafton navigates the intricacies of the aristocratic world, he accidentally crosses paths with Erica in a dress shop, and their subsequent interactions blossom amid social conventions and royal duties. The beginning sets the stage for a budding romance and hints at the tensions between personal desire and the weight of tradition and duty in a royal context. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aLove stories
653 _aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction
653 _aPrincesses -- Fiction
653 _aAmericans -- Foreign countries -- Fiction
653 _aArt -- Collectors and collecting -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64128
999 _c104952
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