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 39
... , Rivière instructed the driver to take him to the Head Office . Presently Robineau found himself alone with Pellerin and a question shaped itself upon his lips . V ROBINEAU WAS FEELING TIRED TO - NIGHT . V 39 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... , Rivière instructed the driver to take him to the Head Office . Presently Robineau found himself alone with Pellerin and a question shaped itself upon his lips . V ROBINEAU WAS FEELING TIRED TO - NIGHT . V 39 NIGHT FLIGHT.
Page 64
... face ; all the feelings thronging there to meet the onset of the storm were hidden from his eyes ; lips set with anger and resolve , a white face holding elemental colloquy with the leaping flashes ahead . Yet he divined 64 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... face ; all the feelings thronging there to meet the onset of the storm were hidden from his eyes ; lips set with anger and resolve , a white face holding elemental colloquy with the leaping flashes ahead . Yet he divined 64 NIGHT FLIGHT.
Page 185
... lips ; but every time he raised his eyes they encountered that bent head , gray hair and lips tight - set upon their bitter secret . At last he summoned up his courage . " Sir ! " Rivière raised his head and looked at him . So deep , so ...
... lips ; but every time he raised his eyes they encountered that bent head , gray hair and lips tight - set upon their bitter secret . At last he summoned up his courage . " Sir ! " Rivière raised his head and looked at him . So deep , so ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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