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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... death for us ; for the lead we gain . by day on ships and railways is lost each night . " This night service - much criti- cized at the start but subsequently , once the experimental stage was over , accepted as a practical proposition ...
... death for us ; for the lead we gain . by day on ships and railways is lost each night . " This night service - much criti- cized at the start but subsequently , once the experimental stage was over , accepted as a practical proposition ...
Page 149
... death ! So now he soared toward the fields of light . Little by little he spiraled up , out of the dark pit which closed again beneath him . As he rose the clouds began to shed their slime of shadow , flowing past him in cleaner ...
... death ! So now he soared toward the fields of light . Little by little he spiraled up , out of the dark pit which closed again beneath him . As he rose the clouds began to shed their slime of shadow , flowing past him in cleaner ...
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... death as yet . It's the little things that are so cruel - when I see the baby - clothes I had ready , when I wake up at night and there rises in my heart a tide of love , useless now , like my milk . . . all useless ! " And for this ...
... death as yet . It's the little things that are so cruel - when I see the baby - clothes I had ready , when I wake up at night and there rises in my heart a tide of love , useless now , like my milk . . . all useless ! " And for this ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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