The Steep Ascent

The Steep Ascent is a 1944 novella by the American writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh. It follows a pregnant woman and her pilot husband as they fly from England over France and the Alps to Italy.

The Steep Ascent
First edition
AuthorAnne Morrow Lindbergh
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarcourt, Brace and Company
Publication date
March 1944
Pages120

Reception

The book was published in March 1944. The early reviews were negative, comparing the novel unfavorably to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Later reviews were more positive and the book went on to sell well.[1]

Kirkus Reviews wrote that "the literature of flight has no more gifted contributor than Anne Morrow Lindbergh", and that "her prose style has a rhythm tuned to the rhythm of flight". The critic commended the use of symbology, but wrote that "the immediate value and appeal of the book lies not there, but rather in the spiritual message it carries for each reader".[2]

References
  1. Gherman, Beverly (2008). Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Between the Sea and the Stars. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications. pp. 126–127. ISBN 978-0-8225-5970-2.
  2. "The Steep Ascent". Kirkus Reviews. 1944-03-16. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
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