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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... give up an active life . The ten minutes ' halt was ended and Fabien resumed his flight . He glanced back toward San Julian ; all he now could see was a cluster of lights , then stars , then twinkling star - dust that vanished ...
... give up an active life . The ten minutes ' halt was ended and Fabien resumed his flight . He glanced back toward San Julian ; all he now could see was a cluster of lights , then stars , then twinkling star - dust that vanished ...
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... give you energy . You are their chief . Your weakness is ab- surd . Now write ! " " I- " " Write . Inspector Robineau imposes the penalty stated hereunder on Pellerin , Pilot , · on the following grounds . . You will discover 57 NIGHT ...
... give you energy . You are their chief . Your weakness is ab- surd . Now write ! " " I- " " Write . Inspector Robineau imposes the penalty stated hereunder on Pellerin , Pilot , · on the following grounds . . You will discover 57 NIGHT ...
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... give out on board . " " You're right . " If , Rivière was thinking , one doesn't up- root the mischief whenever and wherever it crops up , the lights may fail and it would be criminal to let it pass when , by some chance , it happens to ...
... give out on board . " " You're right . " If , Rivière was thinking , one doesn't up- root the mischief whenever and wherever it crops up , the lights may fail and it would be criminal to let it pass when , by some chance , it happens to ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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