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The Princess Aline
1895 novelette by Richard Harding Davis
The Princess Aline is a novelette[citation needed] by Richard Harding Davis. The story debuted in Harper's Monthly and was then published in its entirety in 1895, becoming the 5th-best selling novel in the United States for that year.
The Princess Aline originally ran as a serial in the January through March 1895 issues of Harper's Monthly with illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson.[1]
The plot is about a prominent and well-off artist in America in his early 20s who sets off for Europe on a steamship to try and meet a princess he becomes enthralled with from a picture. He is joined by companions he meets along the journey.[2]