The Slim Princess

'The Slim Princess' is a comedy-genre novel by George Ade. Kalora is a princess of Morovenia, a fictional country where obese women are prized. The normal-sized princess is widely regarded as being too slender and finds no suitors in the matrimonial market. Her younger sister, weighing in the neighborhood of 300 pounds and who is also the family favorite, is sought by the eligible men of the court. American millionaire Alexander Pikesees the princess and immediately falls in love with her, and is then hounded from the country by the police of her father. The princess is later sent to America to partake of a patent fat producer that is widely advertised, and meets Alexander at the Ambassador's ball.