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 39
... in the armor of the skies . " An opening on the north ; let's be off ! " Thanks to Rivière the service of the mails was paramount over twenty thousand miles of land and sea . " The men are happy , " he ... TO - NIGHT . V 39 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... in the armor of the skies . " An opening on the north ; let's be off ! " Thanks to Rivière the service of the mails was paramount over twenty thousand miles of land and sea . " The men are happy , " he ... TO - NIGHT . V 39 NIGHT FLIGHT.
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... very evening , when verifying the gasoline reserve , he had botched his figures and the agent , whom he had wanted to catch out , had taken compassion and totted them up for him . What was worse , he 43 ROBINEAU WAS FEELING TIRED TO-NIGHT •
... very evening , when verifying the gasoline reserve , he had botched his figures and the agent , whom he had wanted to catch out , had taken compassion and totted them up for him . What was worse , he 43 ROBINEAU WAS FEELING TIRED TO-NIGHT •
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. ing sky - signs , and said to himself : " To- night , with my two air - mails on their way , I am responsible for all the sky . That star up there is a sign that is looking for me amongst this crowd - and finds ...
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. ing sky - signs , and said to himself : " To- night , with my two air - mails on their way , I am responsible for all the sky . That star up there is a sign that is looking for me amongst this crowd - and finds ...
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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