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 27
... grew sharp ; peaks and ridges seemed keen - edged prows cutting athwart a heavy head wind . Veering around him , they deployed like dreadnoughts tak- ing their positions in a battle - line . Dust be- gan to mingle with the air , rising ...
... grew sharp ; peaks and ridges seemed keen - edged prows cutting athwart a heavy head wind . Veering around him , they deployed like dreadnoughts tak- ing their positions in a battle - line . Dust be- gan to mingle with the air , rising ...
Page 147
... grew easier to correct the XVI HE CLIMBED AND IT GREW EASIER TO CORRECT THE PLUNGES- 129.
... grew easier to correct the XVI HE CLIMBED AND IT GREW EASIER TO CORRECT THE PLUNGES- 129.
Page 150
... grew luminous , his hands , his clothes , the wings , and Fabien thought that he was in a limbo of strange magic ; for the light did not come down from the stars but welled from below , from all that snowy up whiteness . The clouds ...
... grew luminous , his hands , his clothes , the wings , and Fabien thought that he was in a limbo of strange magic ; for the light did not come down from the stars but welled from below , from all that snowy up whiteness . The clouds ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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