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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... mused , were friendliness and gen- tle girls , white napery spread in quiet homes ; all that is slowly shaped toward eter- nity . The village streamed past beneath his wings , yielding the secrets of closed gar- dens that 6 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... mused , were friendliness and gen- tle girls , white napery spread in quiet homes ; all that is slowly shaped toward eter- nity . The village streamed past beneath his wings , yielding the secrets of closed gar- dens that 6 NIGHT FLIGHT.
Page 83
... mused , we can command events and they obey us ; and thus we are creators . These humble men , too , are things and we create them . Or cast them aside when mis- chief comes about through them . " There's something more I'd like to say ...
... mused , we can command events and they obey us ; and thus we are creators . These humble men , too , are things and we create them . Or cast them aside when mis- chief comes about through them . " There's something more I'd like to say ...
Page 85
... ? " " I . . . I • " We'll see about that . " Curious , mused Rivière , how things take the upper hand , how a vast dark force , the force that thrusts up virgin forests , shows 85 itself whenever a great work is in the mak- ing NIGHT ...
... ? " " I . . . I • " We'll see about that . " Curious , mused Rivière , how things take the upper hand , how a vast dark force , the force that thrusts up virgin forests , shows 85 itself whenever a great work is in the mak- ing NIGHT ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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