On the Beach is a novel by Nevil Shute that was first published in Summary Read our full plot summary and analysis of On the Beach, scene by scene break-downs, and more. On the Beach () a dystopian novel by British novelist Nevil Shute, follows a group of people living in Melbourne, Australia about a year after a catastrophic nuclear war that has devastated the Northern Hemisphere, killing everyone north of the Equator. The characters in the novel await their eventual death, as a cloud of radiation moves south toward Melbourne. · Nevil Shute’s On the Beach, originally published in , is a post-apocalyptic novel which takes place in Melbourne, Australia a year or so after a nuclear World War III. This final world war was so devastating that radioactive clouds are slowly traveling the earth, and killing all people and animals in its wake.4/5.
On the Beach is a novel by Nevil Shute that was first published in Summary Read our full plot summary and analysis of On the Beach, scene by scene break-downs, and more. On the Beach by Nevil Shute. One the Beach shows none of the sudden anarchy and mindless brutality that we expect to see from characters who are about to die, drawn from our knowledge of more modern apocalyptic dramas. This story, and the characters living and dying in it, are restrained, very polite, and civilised. They are still themselves. Nevil Shute Norway was born in in Ealing, London. He studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. Following his childhood passion, he entered the fledgling aircraft industry as an aeronautical engineer working to develop airships and, later, airplanes.
On the Beach () a dystopian novel by British novelist Nevil Shute, follows a group of people living in Melbourne, Australia about a year after a catastrophic nuclear war that has devastated the Northern Hemisphere, killing everyone north of the Equator. The characters in the novel await their eventual death, as a cloud of radiation moves south toward Melbourne. On the Beach is a post-apocalyptic novel published in , written by British author Nevil Shute after he emigrated to Australia. The novel details the experiences of a mixed group of people in Melbourne as they await the arrival of deadly radiation spreading towards them from the Northern Hemisphere, following a nuclear war a year previously. On the Beach (Vintage International) - Kindle edition by Shute, Nevil. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading On the Beach (Vintage International).
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