Project Gutenberg 2010-06-04 Public domain in the USA. 430 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 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.) Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Romance Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: British Literature 930589 2025-06-13T10:40:38.009170 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 751977 2025-06-13T10:40:51.742049 application/epub+zip 769463 2025-06-13T10:40:41.938116 application/epub+zip 456653 2025-06-13T10:40:40.313125 application/epub+zip 1089889 2025-06-13T10:40:59.925073 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1046224 2025-06-13T10:40:50.663048 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 685142 2022-09-15T05:51:44.630157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 886911 2025-06-13T10:40:36.311165 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 22523 2025-06-13T10:41:00.100028 application/rdf+xml 14213 2025-06-13T10:40:40.927227 image/jpeg 3529 2025-06-13T10:40:40.618107 image/jpeg 731005 2025-06-13T10:40:38.106143 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