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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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. as the pretext for a leisure hour , he kept them so breathlessly eager for the fog to lift that even the humblest mechanic felt a twinge of shame for the delay . Thus they were quick to profit by the least rift ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. as the pretext for a leisure hour , he kept them so breathlessly eager for the fog to lift that even the humblest mechanic felt a twinge of shame for the delay . Thus they were quick to profit by the least rift ...
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. VII AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS OPERATOR ON THE PATAGONIA MAIL VII AN HOUR later the wireless operator on the Patagonia VII AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS OPERATOR.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. VII AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS OPERATOR ON THE PATAGONIA MAIL VII AN HOUR later the wireless operator on the Patagonia VII AN HOUR LATER THE WIRELESS OPERATOR.
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... hour before dawn , to land only an hour after sunset . When Rivière felt surer of his ground , then and only then did he venture to send his planes into the depth of night . And now , with few to back him , disowned by nearly all , he ...
... hour before dawn , to land only an hour after sunset . When Rivière felt surer of his ground , then and only then did he venture to send his planes into the depth of night . And now , with few to back him , disowned by nearly all , he ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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