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 32
... con- gratulated him : " Well , how did you bring it off ? " And loved him for his knack of only " talking shop , " referring to his flight as a blacksmith to his anvil . Pellerin began by telling how his retreat had been cut off . It ...
... con- gratulated him : " Well , how did you bring it off ? " And loved him for his knack of only " talking shop , " referring to his flight as a blacksmith to his anvil . Pellerin began by telling how his retreat had been cut off . It ...
Page 44
... con- scious of the secrets he carried in his breast , he would draw from his bag a sheet of paper and slowly inscribe Report on it , write a line or two at random , then tear it up . He would have liked to save the com- pany from some ...
... con- scious of the secrets he carried in his breast , he would draw from his bag a sheet of paper and slowly inscribe Report on it , write a line or two at random , then tear it up . He would have liked to save the com- pany from some ...
Page 50
... the world , he went out to inspect the men on night duty , and came back . Later , standing at an open window , he took the measure of the darkness . It con- 50 tained Buenos Aires yonder , but also , like the NIGHT FLIGHT.
... the world , he went out to inspect the men on night duty , and came back . Later , standing at an open window , he took the measure of the darkness . It con- 50 tained Buenos Aires yonder , but also , like the NIGHT FLIGHT.
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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