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 Far Country was written in , the same year that Nevil Shute emigrated to Australia. This story had me thoroughly engaged from beginning to end. It’s an uplifting and charming love story set in rural Victoria. The striking beauty of the landscape is described throughout the novel.4/5. 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 Cited 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. Buy a cheap copy of The Far Country book by Nevil Shute. The story takes place partly in London and partly in Australia. It is set in Jennifer Morton, a young girl from Leicester but living in London, witnesses the Free Shipping on all orders over $ The Far Country; The Far Country. Synopsis. Based on a novel of the same name by Nevil Shute, The Far Country is set in a beautiful secluded valley in the rugged Victorian high country. 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.
Far Country by Shute, Nevil. Used; Condition Used - Good ISBN 10 ISBN 13 Seller. Better World Books Ltd. Seller rating: This seller has. The Far Country is a novel by Nevil Shute, first published in 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. He describes the lot of the 'New Australians'; refugees who are required to work for two years where they are placed, in return for free passage to Australia. “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 dialect.
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