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 57
... silence , taking his little steps . " If they obey you because they like you , Robineau , you're fooling them . You have no right to ask any sacrifice of them . " " No , of course not . " " And if they think that your friendship will ...
... silence , taking his little steps . " If they obey you because they like you , Robineau , you're fooling them . You have no right to ask any sacrifice of them . " " No , of course not . " " And if they think that your friendship will ...
Page 71
... silence of his house . " He looked upon the people , seeking to discover which of them , moving with little steps , bore in his heart discovery or love- and he remembered the lighthouse - keeper's isolation . Back in the office , the ...
... silence of his house . " He looked upon the people , seeking to discover which of them , moving with little steps , bore in his heart discovery or love- and he remembered the lighthouse - keeper's isolation . Back in the office , the ...
Page 177
... Silence was gaining ground . Heavy and heavier silence drowned their voices , like a heavy sea . " One forty , " -some one murmured . " They're out of fuel . They can't be flying any more . " Then silence . A dry and bitter taste rose ...
... Silence was gaining ground . Heavy and heavier silence drowned their voices , like a heavy sea . " One forty , " -some one murmured . " They're out of fuel . They can't be flying any more . " Then silence . A dry and bitter taste rose ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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