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 83
... murmured and his fever rose , insidiously caressing him . " I liked that old chap's face . " He tapped the sheet of paper with his finger . It came back to him , the look of the old man's hands and he now seemed to see them shape a ...
... murmured and his fever rose , insidiously caressing him . " I liked that old chap's face . " He tapped the sheet of paper with his finger . It came back to him , the look of the old man's hands and he now seemed to see them shape a ...
Page 129
... murmured . Then went to sleep again . Presently : " He's getting near San Antonio , he has its lights in view . ' Then she got out of bed , drew back the curtains and summed up the sky . " All those clouds will worry him . " Sometimes ...
... murmured . Then went to sleep again . Presently : " He's getting near San Antonio , he has its lights in view . ' Then she got out of bed , drew back the curtains and summed up the sky . " All those clouds will worry him . " Sometimes ...
Page 177
... murmured . " They're out of fuel . They can't be flying any more . " Then silence . A dry and bitter taste rose on their lips , like the dry savor of a journey's end . Some- thing mysterious , a sickening thing , had come to pass . And ...
... murmured . " They're out of fuel . They can't be flying any more . " Then silence . A dry and bitter taste rose on their lips , like the dry savor of a journey's end . Some- thing mysterious , a sickening thing , had come to pass . And ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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