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 44
... slowly inscribe Report on it , write a line or two at random , then tear it up . He would have liked to save the com- pany from some tremendous peril ; but it was not in any danger . All he had saved so far was a slightly rusted ...
... slowly inscribe Report on it , write a line or two at random , then tear it up . He would have liked to save the com- pany from some tremendous peril ; but it was not in any danger . All he had saved so far was a slightly rusted ...
Page 65
... slowly turn his head , fix his eyes a while on this new enemy and then as slowly return to his previous posi- tion , his neck pressed back against the leather pad , shoulders unmoving as before . VIII RIVIÈRE WENT OUT FOR A SHORT WALK ...
... slowly turn his head , fix his eyes a while on this new enemy and then as slowly return to his previous posi- tion , his neck pressed back against the leather pad , shoulders unmoving as before . VIII RIVIÈRE WENT OUT FOR A SHORT WALK ...
Page 146
... slowly , slowly opening in the shadow , to betray him . He might keep up the struggle , chance his luck ; no destiny attacks us from out- side . But , within him , man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself ...
... slowly , slowly opening in the shadow , to betray him . He might keep up the struggle , chance his luck ; no destiny attacks us from out- side . But , within him , man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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