Nevil Shute
Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
January 17, 1899
Died
January 12, 1960
Genre
![]() |
A Town Like Alice
354 editions
—
published
1950
—
|
|
![]() |
On the Beach
416 editions
—
published
1957
—
|
|
![]() |
Trustee from the Toolroom
128 editions
—
published
1960
—
|
|
![]() |
Pied Piper
210 editions
—
published
1942
—
|
|
![]() |
The Far Country
142 editions
—
published
1952
—
|
|
![]() |
Requiem for a Wren
107 editions
—
published
1955
—
|
|
![]() |
No Highway
155 editions
—
published
1948
—
|
|
![]() |
Pastoral
133 editions
—
published
1944
—
|
|
![]() |
Round the Bend
27 editions
—
published
1951
—
|
|
![]() |
The Chequer Board
119 editions
—
published
1947
—
|
|
“You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things.”
― Round the Bend
― Round the Bend
“It's not the end of the world at all," he said. "It's only the end for us. The world will go on just the same, only we shan't be in it. I dare say it will get along all right without us.”
― On the Beach
― On the Beach
“She looked at him in wonder. "Do people think of me like that? I only did what anybody could have done."
"That's as it may be," he replied. "The fact is, that you did it.”
― A Town Like Alice
"That's as it may be," he replied. "The fact is, that you did it.”
― A Town Like Alice
Polls
Topics Mentioning This Author
topics | posts | views | last activity | |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Next Best Boo...: OFFICIAL SPRING CHALLENGE - 2009 | 6412 | 8995 | Jun 14, 2009 02:57PM | |
The Seasonal Read...:
![]() |
3143 | 3251 | Feb 28, 2010 09:02PM | |
The Seasonal Read...:
![]() |
12 | 141 | May 21, 2010 07:50PM | |
The Seasonal Read...:
![]() |
3053 | 3269 | Aug 31, 2010 10:39PM | |
100+ Books in 2024: Southpaw's 2010 100+ Book Challenge | 16 | 109 | Sep 10, 2010 10:08AM |