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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... WIFE- . RIVIÈRE GREETED HIM . XI · XII PAGE 79 • 91 NOW THE PATAGONIA MAIL WAS ENTERING THE STORM- XIII 99 · 109 THE ASUNCION MAIL IS MAKING GOOD HEAD- WAY- XIV FABIEN'S WIFE TELEPHONED . XV • 119 THAT SCRAP OF FOLDED PAPER MIGHT ...
... WIFE- . RIVIÈRE GREETED HIM . XI · XII PAGE 79 • 91 NOW THE PATAGONIA MAIL WAS ENTERING THE STORM- XIII 99 · 109 THE ASUNCION MAIL IS MAKING GOOD HEAD- WAY- XIV FABIEN'S WIFE TELEPHONED . XV • 119 THAT SCRAP OF FOLDED PAPER MIGHT ...
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... A difficult night to conquer . Somewhere in its depths an airplane was in peril ; here , on the margin , they were fighting to rescue it , in vain . XIV FABIEN'S WIFE TELEPHONED . XIV FABIEN's wife telephoned . 125 NIGHT FLIGHT.
... A difficult night to conquer . Somewhere in its depths an airplane was in peril ; here , on the margin , they were fighting to rescue it , in vain . XIV FABIEN'S WIFE TELEPHONED . XIV FABIEN's wife telephoned . 125 NIGHT FLIGHT.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. XIV FABIEN'S WIFE TELEPHONED . XIV FABIEN's wife telephoned . Each night she calculated the XIV FABIEN'S WIFE TELEPHONED.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. XIV FABIEN'S WIFE TELEPHONED . XIV FABIEN's wife telephoned . Each night she calculated the XIV FABIEN'S WIFE TELEPHONED.
Contents
EVENING | 3 |
SERVICE | 15 |
THE SOUND OF THE DISTANT ENGINE SWELLED | 21 |
Copyright | |
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