Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 200 Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) 1866 1946 Partridge, Anthony Oppenheim, Edward Phillips The Governors E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Rebekah Inman, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Governors" by E. Phillips Oppenheim is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set against a backdrop of wealth, power dynamics, and the complexities of familial relationships, focusing on a young woman named Virginia who finds herself thrust into the opulent yet treacherous world of her uncle, the millionaire Phineas Duge. As Virginia navigates her new life in his grand New York mansion, she becomes unwittingly entangled in business conspiracies, family betrayals, and the dark side of wealth. The beginning of the novel introduces us to Virginia, who has just arrived from her humble country home to live with her wealthy Uncle Phineas. Struck by the grandeur of her new surroundings, Virginia quickly learns of her uncle’s complex character and strained familial relations, particularly regarding his estranged daughter, Stella. As Virginia struggles with feelings of insignificance and the rapid pace of high society, she is drawn into her uncle's world of financial machinations and confrontations with unscrupulous associates. The stakes become higher as Virginia is entrusted with critical secrets and warned of potential dangers, highlighting the tension between loyalty and survival in the world of powerful figures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 435029 2025-10-05T03:52:52.795666 text/html 435037 434864 2024-11-05T05:11:45.700869 2023-10-05T05:59:49.575495 text/html text/html 218264 2025-10-05T03:52:59.639624 application/epub+zip 223949 2025-10-05T03:52:54.541692 application/epub+zip 223949 2025-10-05T03:52:53.455650 application/epub+zip 394946 2025-10-05T03:53:03.428663 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370737 2025-10-05T03:52:58.908672 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333559 2022-09-05T08:24:07.601308 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383800 2025-10-05T03:52:52.298683 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 364002 2024-10-28T17:51:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16801 2025-10-05T03:53:03.564595 application/rdf+xml 11459 2025-10-05T03:52:53.934662 image/jpeg 3242 2025-10-05T03:52:53.693665 image/jpeg 212899 2025-10-05T03:52:52.826686 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia