Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Book Analysis)
Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including nautical imagery, happiness and the history of aviation. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 66-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Presentation of Night Flight
- Summary of Night Flight
- Character study
- Rivière
- Robineau
- The pilots
- The pilots’ wives
- Analysis of Night Flight
- Between fiction and reality
- Life in the skies
- A lyrical style
- Conquering the night
- Collective enterprise and individual happiness
- Fighting for their lives
About Night Flight
Night Flight is Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s second novel, and draws on the author’s own experiences as a pilot to create a compelling, authentic narrative about the early years of aviation. The story takes place over a single night, and charts the progress of a flight across South America. However, when a fierce storm blows up, this routine flight turns to tragedy, and the pilot is forced to fight against the elements in a desperate attempt to survive the night. Night Flight was adapted into an English-language film in 1933.
About Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French novelist, poet, journalist and pilot. He wrote several novels, many of which were based on his own life experiences, although the work he is best known for is his novella The Little Prince. He also had a pioneering role in the development of international postal flight through his work for the French company Aéropostale. His career in aviation took him to many different countries, including Morocco and Argentina. He vanished in 1944, when his plane disappeared during a reconnaissance mission off the coast of Corsica during the Second World War.
Product details
ISBN | 9782808010214 |
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Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
Collection | Brightsummaries.com |
Format | |
Pages | 66 |
File size | 2.3 MB |