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 86
... heart was throbbing rapidly and it hurt him . . . . No , I cannot say if I am doing right or what precise value should be set on a human life , or suffering , or justice . How should I know the value of a man's joys ? Or of a trembling ...
... heart was throbbing rapidly and it hurt him . . . . No , I cannot say if I am doing right or what precise value should be set on a human life , or suffering , or justice . How should I know the value of a man's joys ? Or of a trembling ...
Page 102
... heart of night , that clotted darkness , with- out even his little miner's davy , whose light , falling only on a hand or wing , suf- fices to push the unknown a shoulder's breath away . Yet a silent communion , deep within them ...
... heart of night , that clotted darkness , with- out even his little miner's davy , whose light , falling only on a hand or wing , suf- fices to push the unknown a shoulder's breath away . Yet a silent communion , deep within them ...
Page 169
... heart a tide of love , useless now , like my milk . . . all useless ! " And for this woman here , Fabien's death would only just begin to - morrow - in every action , useless now , in trivial objects . useless . Little by little Fabien ...
... heart a tide of love , useless now , like my milk . . . all useless ! " And for this woman here , Fabien's death would only just begin to - morrow - in every action , useless now , in trivial objects . useless . Little by little Fabien ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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