Boy With Wings
eBook - ePub

Boy With Wings

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  1. 329 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Boy With Wings

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About this book

British author Berta Ruck offers up an imaginative take on the ancient myth of Icarus. Set in the months before World War I broke out, The Boy With Wings follows the course of an improbable romance that blossoms just as the world begins to fall apart.

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Information

Publisher
The Floating Press
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781776586394
Edition
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Table of contents

  1. THE BOY WITH WINGS
  2. Contents
  3. PART I - MAY, JUNE, JULY, 1914
  4. Chapter I - Aerial Light Horse
  5. Chapter II - The Bosom-Chums
  6. Chapter III - The Eyes of Icarus
  7. Chapter IV - The Song of All the Ages
  8. Chapter V - The Workaday World
  9. Chapter VI - The Invitation
  10. Chapter VII - A Bachelor's Tea-Party
  11. Chapter VIII - Laughing Odds
  12. Chapter IX - A Day in the Country
  13. Chapter X - Leslie, on "the Roots of the Rose"
  14. Chapter XI - The Heels of Mercury
  15. Chapter XII - The Kiss Withheld
  16. Chapter XIII - The Flying Dream
  17. Chapter XIV - An Awakening
  18. Chapter XV - Leslie on "Too Much Love"
  19. Chapter XVI - The Aeroplane Lady
  20. Chapter XVII - Leslie on "Marriage"
  21. Chapter XVIII - The Obvious Thing
  22. Chapter XIX - The Sealed Box
  23. PART II - JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, 1914
  24. Chapter I - The Aviation Dinner
  25. Chapter II - The "Whisper of War"
  26. Chapter III - The Last Sunday of Peace
  27. Chapter IV - That Week-End
  28. Chapter V - The Die is Cast
  29. Chapter VI - Her Guardian's Consent
  30. Chapter VII - Haste to the Wedding!
  31. Chapter VIII - The Girl He Left Behind Him
  32. Chapter IX - This Side of "the Front"
  33. Chapter X - Leslie, on "the Motley of Mars"
  34. Chapter XI - A Love Letter—And a Rose
  35. PART III - SEPTEMBER, NINETEEN-FOURTEEN
  36. Chapter I - A War-Time Honeymoon
  37. Chapter II - The Soul of Undine
  38. Chapter III - A Last Favour
  39. Chapter IV - The Departure for France
  40. Chapter V - The Nuptial Flight
  41. Chapter VI - The Winged Victory
  42. Postscript
  43. Endnotes