Inez Haynes Gillmore

Five men survive a South Seas shipwreck and wash up on a seemingly deserted beach, only to discover that five beautiful, winged women live on the island as well. Dazzled and soon in love, the men will do anything to possess these flying women . . . but what they plan, and how the magical women respond, is tellingly--and very predictably--human. First published in 1914, and praised by Ursula K. LeGuin as "a real rediscovery--romantic, satiric, funny,...