Night FlightIn this gripping novel, Saint-Exupéry tells about the brave men who piloted night mail planes from Patagonia, Chile, and Paraguay to Argentina in the early days of commercial aviation. Preface by André Gide. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. |
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... aftermath of victory, bends down upon his territories and now perceives the
humble happiness of men. A need came over Fabien to lay his weapons down
and feel the aching burden of his limbs—for even our misfortunes are a part of
our ...
... aftermath of victory, bends down upon his territories and now perceives the
humble happiness of men. A need came over Fabien to lay his weapons down
and feel the aching burden of his limbs—for even our misfortunes are a part of
our ...
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Never could an arrival of the planes mean for him the victory that ends a war and
preludes a spell of smiling peace. For him it meant just one more step, with a
thousand more to follow, along a straight, unending road. Riviere felt as though
for ...
Never could an arrival of the planes mean for him the victory that ends a war and
preludes a spell of smiling peace. For him it meant just one more step, with a
thousand more to follow, along a straight, unending road. Riviere felt as though
for ...
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any victory, perhaps. Never could all the air mails land in one swoop once for all.
Riviere paused before Leroux; the old foreman was hard at work. Leroux, too,
had forty years of work behind him. All his energies were for his work. When at
ten ...
any victory, perhaps. Never could all the air mails land in one swoop once for all.
Riviere paused before Leroux; the old foreman was hard at work. Leroux, too,
had forty years of work behind him. All his energies were for his work. When at
ten ...
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air mail airport amongst Bahia Blanca beneath Brazil breath Buenos Aires calm Chile clear sky clouds cockpit Commodoro con crew cyclone dark death eczema engine Europe mail eyes Fabien Fabien's wife face feeling fellow FLIGHT TO ARRAS flowers flying grew gyroscope hands hear heart heavy hour human Inspector Robineau knew lamp land Leroux light lips LITTLE PRINCE little towns lives looked lost man's manometers minutes Monsieur Robineau moon murmured mused night duty night flights paper Paraguay passed his finger Patagonia mail peace Pellerin perhaps pilot pity plane Riviere felt Riviere thought Riviere's Robineau felt rose Saint-Exupery San Julian SAND AND STARS secret seemed shadow shining ship shoulders silence slowly smile snow somewhere squalls stars storm sure telegrams thing thought Riviere thousand tonight touch Trelew turned victory voice watched weather weather reports wind wireless operator
Bibliographic information
| Title | Night Flight Harbrace paperbound library |
| Author | Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1974 |
| ISBN | 0547542798, 9780547542799 |
| Length | 96 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Classics |
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