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Nevil Shute

Born

in London, England, The United Kingdom

January 17, 1899

Died

January 12, 1960

Genre

Fiction, Nonfiction

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Nevil Shute Norway was a popular British novelist and a successful aeronautical engineer.

He used Nevil Shute as his pen name, and his full name in his engineering career, in order to protect his engineering career from any potential negative publicity in connection with his novels.

He lived in Australia for the ten years before his death.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 152,232 ratings · 13,329 reviews · 117 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Town Like Alice 4.16 avg rating — 62,801 ratings — published 1950 — 362 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Beach 3.98 avg rating — 50,700 ratings — published 1957 — 421 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trustee from the Toolroom 4.31 avg rating — 5,966 ratings — published 1960 — 133 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pied Piper 4.28 avg rating — 5,385 ratings — published 1942 — 221 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Far Country 4.04 avg rating — 2,747 ratings — published 1952 — 153 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Requiem for a Wren 4.08 avg rating — 2,673 ratings — published 1955 — 111 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Highway really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,176 ratings — published 1948 — 163 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pastoral 4.10 avg rating — 2,044 ratings — published 1944 — 135 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Round the Bend 4.14 avg rating — 1,882 ratings — published 1951 — 106 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chequer Board 4.11 avg rating — 1,583 ratings — published 1947 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Nevil Shute (?)

“You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things.”
― Nevil Shute, Round the Bend

tags: stupidity

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“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.”
― Nevil Shute, On the Beach

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“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.”
― Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice

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Polls

June 2017 New School Classic Poll

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, 351 pgs, 1905

48 votes, 15.0%

The Color Purple by Alice Walker, 295 pgs, 1982

43 votes, 13.4%

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, 218 pgs, 1996

42 votes, 13.1%

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway, 471 pgs, 1940

24 votes, 7.5%

My Ántonia by Willa Cather, 232 pgs, 1918

22 votes, 6.9%

The Godfather by Mario Puzo, 448, 1969

19 votes, 5.9%

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, 304 pgs, 1969

16 votes, 5.0%

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin, 308 pgs, 1967

15 votes, 4.7%

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler, 231 pgs, 1939

13 votes, 4.0%

Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence, 654 pgs, 1913

13 votes, 4.0%

Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian, 459 pgs, 1969

12 votes, 3.7%

Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis, 335 pgs, 1946

11 votes, 3.4%

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, 418 pgs, 1931

10 votes, 3.1%

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute, 359 pgs, 1950

10 votes, 3.1%

The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata, 189 pgs, 1954

8 votes, 2.5%

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, 224 pgs, 1989

7 votes, 2.2%

Titanic by Filson Young, 236 pgs, 1912

5 votes, 1.6%

The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau, 320 pgs, 1964

3 votes, 0.9%

321 total votes

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