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 vii
... happiness lies not in freedom but in his ac- ceptance of a duty . Each of the characters in this book is whole - heartedly , passion- ately devoted to that which duty bids him do , and it is in fulfilling this perilous task , and only ...
... happiness lies not in freedom but in his ac- ceptance of a duty . Each of the characters in this book is whole - heartedly , passion- ately devoted to that which duty bids him do , and it is in fulfilling this perilous task , and only ...
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... happiness of men . A need came over Fabien to lay his weapons down and feel the aching burden of his limbs - for even our misfortunes are a part of our belong- ings - and to stay , a simple dweller here , watching from his window a ...
... happiness of men . A need came over Fabien to lay his weapons down and feel the aching burden of his limbs - for even our misfortunes are a part of our belong- ings - and to stay , a simple dweller here , watching from his window a ...
Page 134
... happiness and she was right . And Rivière , too , was right , yet he found no words to set against this woman's truth . He was discov- ering the truth within him , his own inhu- man and unutterable truth , by an humble light , the ...
... happiness and she was right . And Rivière , too , was right , yet he found no words to set against this woman's truth . He was discov- ering the truth within him , his own inhu- man and unutterable truth , by an humble light , the ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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