Night FlightWinner of the 1931 Prix Femina, the novel concerns the perils of pioneer aviation, and is a fictionalized account of the author's own experience. "An enduring modern classic and the best description of flight in print" (Schiff, 205, 210). |
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Page 36
... Robineau felt a thrill of pride in know- ing that his chief was strong enough not to shrink from being unjust . Surely Robineau himself would win reflected majesty from such overweening power ! " You postponed the start till six fifteen ...
... Robineau felt a thrill of pride in know- ing that his chief was strong enough not to shrink from being unjust . Surely Robineau himself would win reflected majesty from such overweening power ! " You postponed the start till six fifteen ...
Page 184
... Robineau's mind ; “ old chap , " Rivière had said . Never had there been a man so utterly unfriended as he , and Robineau felt an infinite compassion for him . He turned over in his mind vague sentences that hinted sympathy and consola ...
... Robineau's mind ; “ old chap , " Rivière had said . Never had there been a man so utterly unfriended as he , and Robineau felt an infinite compassion for him . He turned over in his mind vague sentences that hinted sympathy and consola ...
Page 186
... Robineau felt ill at ease . An enigmatic irony seemed to shape itself on his chief's lips as he watched Ro- bineau . And the longer his chief watched him , the more deeply Robineau blushed and the more it grew on Rivière that this ...
... Robineau felt ill at ease . An enigmatic irony seemed to shape itself on his chief's lips as he watched Ro- bineau . And the longer his chief watched him , the more deeply Robineau blushed and the more it grew on Rivière that this ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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