Thank you for visiting the country bookshop online. Written around the time when the author himself emigrated to australia, the far country presents england as a submerging country, badly suffering under the. Following his childhood passion, he entered the fledgling aircraft industry as an aeronautical engineer working to develop airships a. In this novel, shute has some harsh things to say about the new national health service, as well as the socialist labour government, themes he would later develop more fully in in the wet. Order of nevil shute books nevil shute norway 18991960 was an englishaustralian novelist as well as an aeronautical engineer. Nevil shute norway was born on 17 january 1899 in ealing, london. We love books, and were eager to help you find your next page turner. His handy middle name, came from his paternal grandmother georgina shute, who was also, aptly, a prolific author in her day. Based on the novel by nevil shute, the far country is set in a beautiful secluded valley in the rugged victorian high country. Shute s works are always written in an easily readable. The far country by nevil shute norway penguin books australia.
Many of the stories are introduced by a narrator who is not a character in the story. The far country has 9 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Lonely road is a novel by british author nevil shute. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic. A young english woman leaves her ageing parents to visit friends living in the australian outback. The far country is the story of a london girl who visits australia and meets a displaced doctor from czechoslavakia, in the unlikely location of a timber cutting area, and various adventures which, as in most of nevil shutes books, end up happily ever after. When a young englishwoman named jennifer morton leaves london to visit relatives on their sheep ranch in the australian outback, she falls in love both with the gloriously beautiful country and with carl, a czech refugee who was a doctor in his own land and now works as a lumberjack. I adored the far country its so much the story of this country yes, im an aussie. The far country is the most read, to judge by its tattered.
Shute s love of australia is evident in every line. It is just after the second world war and an english girl from a sheltered background, jennifer morton, falls in love with czech migrant carl zlinter, who is unable to practise his profession of medicine in australia. It is just that it is far removed from the plot of nevil shute s book by that name, and it completely distorts nevil s message. He used his full name in his engineering career and nevil shute as his pen name to protect his engineering career from inferences by his employers vickers or fellow engineers that he was not a serious person or from potential negative publicity in. The little bookshop of lonely hearts annie darling 251. Jennifer morton uses some money left to her by her grandmother to travel to australia to start a new. After first becoming hooked on shute after reading requiem for a wren my love of his work continued with on the beach and no highway. The collected works of nevil shute 2023 volumes he wrote with a power that enthralled millions. Nevil shute became, in his time, the most popular novelist in the world. He studied engineering science at balliol college, oxford.
Before his career as an author, nevil shute norway was an aeronautical engineer and a pilot. After the disastrous loss of the r101, built by the government in direct competition with his design, he changed to. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. She had bought three little books by a gentleman called hugo, and she was teaching herself italian out of them. Will post from bolton as soon as payment is received. Adrian relocated to the historic halls bookshop in royal tunbridge wells, occupying. The story takes way too long to develop with little payoff. The far country by nevil shute and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He wrote 24 novels, many of which have been made into famous films, with on the beach and a town like alice being among the most famous. The far country is a novel by nevil shute, first published in 1952 in this novel, shute has some harsh things to say about the new british national health service, as well as the socialist labour government, themes he would later develop more fully in in the wet. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library.
The far country book by nevil shute 8 available editions. A town like alice is a novel by the australian author nevil shute. And its the latter for which he is most remembered today. He dropped the norway from his pen name in order to protect his engineering career. It was first published in 1932 by william heinemann and in the us by william morrow.
He was born to tell stories of life in the australian outback and the american west, in burma and malaya and the towns and villages. The story takes way too long to develop with little pay off. Pastoral by nevil shute smart bitches, trashy books. Nevil shute was a power and a pioneer in the world of flying long before he began to write the stories that made him a bestselling novelist. Book is near fine, jacket mildly toned with a few small chips. I have paperback copies of all nevil shutes books, collected from the time i first discovered him in 1965. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel, marazan, in 1926. The far country by nevil shute norway penguin books. All comments must meet the community standards outlined in s. See below our stock of nevil shute first editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
Publication date 20030426 topics bbc radio drama, saturday play language english. The far country is a novel by nevil shute, first published in 1952. I have to admit that as far as popular fiction goes, i prefer stuff that was written in the middle of the 20th centurylike nevil shute, graham greene, dick francisand so i found this story written by nevil shute in the early 1950s about life in australia and post war england to be a most enjoyable read. Unlike most movies, which are pale copies of the books that inspired them, the far country is even better than the nevil shute novel upon which it is based. Buy the far country vintage classics by shute, nevil from amazons fiction books store.
Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The action is set after world war ii in both england and back country australia, with plenty of interesting characters, scenery, and aussie dialect. She ends up rushing to her ill grandmothers side, only to find that she is dying of cold and malnutrition because her pride wouldnt allow her to. Publishers red cloth with gilt titles to spine, debossed monogram and publishers devices to boards, pictorial dustjacket designed by val biro. Nevil shute norway 18991960 was a brilliant englishaustralian novelist, pilot and aeronautical engineer. I have yet to read a book by nevil shute novel that will not let his generosity and kindness, his understated, amiable nature shine through and illuminate the saddest and depressing themes. Buy the far country by nevil shute online at alibris. Where there is a romantic element, sex is referred to only obliquely. The far country book by nevil shute 9 available editions. It is a love story and so of course love triumphs in the end.
The far country has 8 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Following his childhood passion, he entered the fledgling aircraft industry as an aeronautical engineer working to develop airships and, later, airplanes. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. Born in 1899 on the 17th of january on somerset road, nevil shute was brought up in ealing, london in the united kingdom. Nevil shute norway 17 january 1899 12 january 1960 was an english novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in australia.
To ask other readers questions about the far country, please sign up. But its a great deal more besides, and for me, anyway, it lingers in the mind long after the last page is turned. Download nevil shute s the far country for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. The collected works of nevil shute 2023 volumes hc books.
Pleasant reading and a new setting for a less important story than shute has done of late. Nevil shute was born on 17 january 1899 in ealing, london. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel. In 1950, he moved to australia and began a phenomenal tenyear period of productivity, turning out a number of bestsellers including a town like alice 1950,the far country 1952 and on the beach 1957. She loved it and when she met carl, she had every reason to stay. Slide rule nevil shute page 5 read online free books. Buy the far country vintage classics by nevil shute from amazons fiction books store.
Years ago, i saw the australian miniseries of this novel, and was enthralled. Nevil shute norway was a british novelist and aeronautical engineer. This 1952 book by nevil shute author of a town like alice and on the beach contrasts the bleakness of postwar london and great britain, especially the ongoing food rationing and general lack of prosperity, with the bright, roomy country of australia, where massive meals are the order of the day, everyone almost has financial security, and the landscape is aweinspiring. The eventual romance between a young englishwoman and an immigrant doctor in australia was not credible or compelling to me, nor was the subplot about the doctor pursuing information about a possible ancestor who lived and died in australia. Nevil shute is in my opinion a great storyteller, who has the gift of including a great deal of relevant and interesting detail of the localities, personalities and action in a story that is fully believable and really gripping, without any waste of words.
Nevil shute nevil shute norway first editions 1899 1960. Nevil shute wrote many very popular, contemporary, gently romantic adventures, mostly to do with flying or with australia. The far country is yet another pleasant novel by prolific english author nevil shute, of a couple of generations ago. In 1936 it was adapted as a film, the lonely road, released in the us the same year as scotland yard commands, starring clive brook and victoria hopper. A town like alice has all the ingredients for a most remarkable book. I am currently reading my way through nevil shute s works and a far country was a really great read. Take a look around the site and please feel free to share any feedback by email, phone, or come see us in the shop.
Buy a cheap copy of the far country book by nevil shute. Radio dramatisation of what is, for me, one of shute s less satisfactory novels. The inspiration for many of the themes and concerns o. Piper, no highway, on the beach, so disdained which i must read again i didnt understand a lot of it, and the far country. Chapter 1 of nevil shute s 1951 novel round the bend, read by mike meehan, with relevant archive footage and photographs. I have yet to read a book by nevil shute novel that will not let his generosity and kindness, his understated, amiable nature shine through. The far country novel news newspapers books scholar jstor december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message. Plus one vision of the world after a nuclear holocaust.
Buy the far country by nevil shute, in very good condition. He got out of the utility, a big young man dressed in a check shirt open at the neck, a pair of soiled blue canvas working trousers stained and dirty from the saddle, and heavy country boots. His novels are written in a simple, highly readable style, with clearly delineated plot lines. This autobiography charts shutes path to his career. He has not in fact done so, but is found guilty by a board of inquiry composed of naval officers who are faintly prejudiced against him. Adrian harrington began trading in 1971, as part of harrington brothers in the chelsea antiques market on londons fashionable kings road. She answered about one in three of these letters, because the country bored her stiff. Written around the time when the author himself emigrated to australia, the far country presents england as a submerging country, badly suffering under the postwar socialist government. The background is chiefly australia, not far from melbourne, though the plot picks up characters in london, playing back and forth between the two. Nevil shute books list of books by author nevil shute. This macmillan collectors library edition features an afterword by bestselling novelist, jenny colgan.
Nevil shute norway was born in 1899 in ealing, london. The australian novels are individual hymns to that country, with subtle disparagement of the mores of the usa beyond the black stump and overt antipathy towards the postworld war ii socialist government of shute s native britain the far country and in the wet. The nevil shute collection by nevil shute rakuten kobo. Goodreads the far country by nevil shute jennifer morton is a young office clerk in depressing postwar london. She falls in love, both with the country and with carl, a. The far country by shute, nevil and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The far country is peopled with the sane, competent and likable men and women who are the hallmark of a nevil shute novel. Jennifer finds herself falling in love with the new, relatively unspoiled country, though she. It is a delicate and touching love story between two young, lonely souls. A very interesting and compelling story notable for shute s very evident disenchantment with post second world war britain. A heartrending story of strength in adversity, a town like alice by nevil shute is a celebration of the overwhelming power of love. All these features are fully present in this book the far country.
The movie reminds me of a town like alice, also a shute story, in that it moves from world war ii europe to australia and tells of two young people making a new life in that far country. The far country, by nevil shute project gutenberg canada. The far country 1986 the far country is a crawford production, produced by john barningham, directed by george miller, and starred michael york and sigrid thornton. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Nevil shute for sale in uk 29 secondhand nevil shutes. A town like alice by nevil shute and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The far country by nevil shute nook book ebook barnes. With the full name of nevil shute norway, nevil shute being just his penname, he was take in the world around him growing up, building upon his experiences and ideas.