Ebook {Epub PDF} The Far Country by Nevil Shute

Pleasant reading and a new setting for a less important story than Shute has done of late. The background is chiefly Australia, not far from Melbourne, though the plot picks up characters in London, playing back and forth between the two. Evidently the lure of the Australian foothills, the great reaches of country that supplied pasturage for the sheep stations- forests for the lumber camps, have captured . This book by Nevil Shute (author of A Town Like Alice and On the Beach) contrasts the bleakness of post-war 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 awe-inspiring.4/5. “The Far Country” is yet another pleasant novel by prolific English author Nevil Shute, of a couple of generations ago. The action is set after World War II in both England and back country Australia, with plenty of interesting characters, scenery, and Aussie bltadwin.ru by: 5.

Nevil Shute has written some of my favorite books but "The Far Country" falls short of his better novels. The story takes way too long to develop with little pay-off. The (eventual) romance between a young Englishwoman and an immigrant doctor in Australia was not credible or compelling to me, nor was the sub-plot about the doctor pursuing. Nevil Shute hated the post-war welfare state as it developed in England. In "The Far Country" England is depicted as a dreary land with little opportunity where people starve to death. In contrast, his beloved Australia is a land of unlimited opportunity and wealth for those who work hard. Download The Far Country free in PDF EPUB format. Download Nevil Shute's The Far Country for your kindle, tablet, IPAD, PC or mobile.

Pleasant reading and a new setting for a less important story than Shute has done of late. The background is chiefly Australia, not far from Melbourne, though the plot picks up characters in London, playing back and forth between the two. Evidently the lure of the Australian foothills, the great reaches of country that supplied pasturage for the sheep stations- forests for the lumber camps, have captured his imagination in the two years he has lived out there. Read "The Far Country" by Nevil Shute available from Rakuten Kobo. When a young Englishwoman named Jennifer Morton leaves London to visit relatives on their sheep ranch in the Australian. The far country by Nevil Shute A young English woman leaves her ageing parents to visit friends living in the Australian outback. She falls in love, both with the country and with Carl, a doctor and Czech refugee.