Project Gutenberg 2011-05-27 Public domain in the USA. 328 Ruck, Berta 1878 1978 Onions, Oliver, Mrs. Onions, Mrs. Oliver Ruck, Amy Roberta The Boy with Wings Published in England as "The Lad with Wings." Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Boy with Wings" by Berta Ruck is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Gwenna Williams, a young Welsh girl who has left her rural home to pursue a life in London. Here, amidst the excitement of the aviation world, she dreams of adventure and love, particularly with a charming airman named Paul Dampier. The opening of the novel introduces Gwenna and her friends as they attend a flying exhibition at Hendon. Enchanted by the sight of biplanes soaring through the sky, Gwenna feels a spark of passion and longing for a life filled with excitement. As the story unfolds, she expresses her desire to fly and becomes enthralled by Paul Dampier, who embodies the adventurous spirit she yearns for. The narrative captures her youthful enthusiasm as she navigates new experiences, friendships, and the throes of first love, setting the stage for her journey of self-discovery and the challenges she may face as the backdrop of World War I looms ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36223/36223-h/images/cover01.jpg en Love stories World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction Air pilots, Military -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 606100 606104 2024-10-15T11:08:39.489803 2023-09-16T04:25:30.454100 text/html text/html 618218 2011-05-27T19:30:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 547810 2011-05-27T19:30:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 569393 2024-10-15T11:08:51.200777 application/epub+zip 575976 2024-10-15T11:08:41.896825 application/epub+zip 311978 2024-10-15T11:08:40.371849 application/epub+zip 620260 2024-10-15T11:08:57.804744 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552248 2024-10-15T11:08:49.411740 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 445518 2022-09-16T14:11:41.385201 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 546869 546784 2024-10-15T11:08:37.534801 2023-09-16T04:25:28.717102 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 546713 2011-05-27T19:30:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 218528 2011-05-27T19:30:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 546713 2011-05-27T19:30:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218411 2011-05-27T19:30:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22644 2024-10-15T11:08:57.958681 application/rdf+xml 16716 2024-10-15T11:08:40.494768 image/jpeg 2905 2024-10-15T11:08:40.435766 image/jpeg 546217 2024-10-15T11:08:39.546834 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia