Cost of Wings and Other Stories e-bog
25,00 DKK
(inkl. moms 31,25 DKK)
Excerpt: "e;Sheldrick, returning, refreshed and exhilarated, from a spin with a friend who had brought down a racing car of forty horse-power and an enthusiasm to match, found his wife sitting in the same chair, in the same attitude, as it seemed to him, in which he had left her, in the bare, dull sitting-room of their quarters at the Pavilion Hotel, on the edge of Greymouth Links, from whi...
E-bog
25,00 DKK
Forlag
Otbebookpublishing
Udgivet
24 november 2022
Genrer
FA
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9783987449345
Excerpt: "e;Sheldrick, returning, refreshed and exhilarated, from a spin with a friend who had brought down a racing car of forty horse-power and an enthusiasm to match, found his wife sitting in the same chair, in the same attitude, as it seemed to him, in which he had left her, in the bare, dull sitting-room of their quarters at the Pavilion Hotel, on the edge of Greymouth Links, from which starting point Sheldrick, in fulfilment of his recent engagement with the Aero Club of France, had arranged to take wing for Cherbourg, wind and weather permitting, on the morrow. It would be difficult exceedingly to imagine Caruso as an engineer or a bank manager, or in any capacity other than that of operatic star. It would be equally difficult to picture Shackleton as a side-splitting antic and quip-monger, or Pelissier in the role of the dauntless explorer. Sheldrick, the most recent idol of the flying world, was the type-ideal of the aviator."e;