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 72
... flights should stay un- broken . " That fellow , " thought Rivière , “ doesn't know his greatness . " Somewhere , too , the planes were fighting forward ; the night flights went on and on like a persistent malady , and on them watch ...
... flights should stay un- broken . " That fellow , " thought Rivière , “ doesn't know his greatness . " Somewhere , too , the planes were fighting forward ; the night flights went on and on like a persistent malady , and on them watch ...
Page 123
... night flights would be suspended in future and the Europe mail would leave by day . They spoke in whispers of Fabien , the cyclone and , above all , of Rivière whom they pic- tured near at hand and point by point capitulating to this ...
... night flights would be suspended in future and the Europe mail would leave by day . They spoke in whispers of Fabien , the cyclone and , above all , of Rivière whom they pic- tured near at hand and point by point capitulating to this ...
Page 187
... night flights would continue . He accosted the office superintendent . " Bring me that file of yours to check . " The superintendent brought the papers . " Wait ! " And the superintendent waited . XXII THE ASUNCION MAIL SIGNALED THAT IT ...
... night flights would continue . He accosted the office superintendent . " Bring me that file of yours to check . " The superintendent brought the papers . " Wait ! " And the superintendent waited . XXII THE ASUNCION MAIL SIGNALED THAT IT ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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