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 149
... clouds began to shed their slime of shadow , flowing past him in cleaner , whiter billows . Fabien rose clear . And now a wonder seized him ; dazzled by that brightness , he had to keep his eyes closed for some seconds . He had never ...
... clouds began to shed their slime of shadow , flowing past him in cleaner , whiter billows . Fabien rose clear . And now a wonder seized him ; dazzled by that brightness , he had to keep his eyes closed for some seconds . He had never ...
Page 150
... clouds beneath threw up the flakes the moon was pouring on them ; on every hand they loomed like towers of snow . A milky stream of light flowed everywhere , 150 laving the plane and crew . When Fabien turned he NIGHT FLIGHT.
... clouds beneath threw up the flakes the moon was pouring on them ; on every hand they loomed like towers of snow . A milky stream of light flowed everywhere , 150 laving the plane and crew . When Fabien turned he NIGHT FLIGHT.
Page 194
... clouds and mountains , seas and rivers . " What's the joke ? " " It's that damned fool Rivière , who said . . . who thinks I've got the wind up ! " XXIII IN A MINUTE HE WOULD BE LEAVING BUENOS AIRES- 194 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... clouds and mountains , seas and rivers . " What's the joke ? " " It's that damned fool Rivière , who said . . . who thinks I've got the wind up ! " XXIII IN A MINUTE HE WOULD BE LEAVING BUENOS AIRES- 194 NIGHT FLIGHT.
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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