King Midas: a Romance

A 1901 romance novel by Upton Sinclair, King Midas follows a young poet who, waiting at a forest spring one May morning, watches a beautiful girl approach, in a story evoking music, love, and the ideal of turning all things to gold.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic romance and society novels›American novels from 1901›Money, politics, and social protest

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