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Cargando... A Town Called Alice (1950 original; edición 2006)por Nevil Shute
Información de la obraA Town Like Alice por Nevil Shute (1950)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book was published in 1950 and it feels dated in its depictions of women and other races, but its heart is in the right place and its a great read. Partly set during WWII with a group of women forced on a death march around Malaya by the Japanese, then later set in Australia after the war where the enterprising Jean Pagett brings an isolated community to life. It is a love story and an epic tale, but its also a kind of blueprint for how a local economy works. The narrator is a rather paternalistic lawyer who has control over Jeans inheritance, and its soaked with the sexism of the time, but she is written as a strong independent woman and its a very enjoyable book. ( ) What a beautifully written novel inspired in part by a real event during the Japanese occupation of Sumatra during World War II (which I learned in the Author’s Note at the end)! The story itself was compelling — I barely took a break all of New Year’s Day as I devoured it. The central characters were well drawn. Given this novel was published in 1950, I was surprised and pleased that the female protagonist, Jean Paget, was portrayed as a strong, competent, savvy, visionary woman, who endured and rose above the deplorable conditions of her captivity during WWII in Malaysia and whose later unexpected inherited wealth comes full circle from Australia to Scotland and England back to Australia. The story is told from the perspective of Noel Strachan, one of the trustees of the trust for Miss Paget’s benefit, a London solicitor, who is also an interesting character. Thrilled to have started my 2023 reading journey on this high note. Contenido enThe Big Country (includes A Town Like Alice & Alice to Nowhere) - Volume 2 Rough Living por Nevil Shute Tiene la adaptaciónAparece abreviada enTiene como guía de estudio aDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
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HTML:Nevil Shute's most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven-month death march with dozens of other women and children. A few years after the war, Jean is back in England, the nightmare behind her. However, an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved her life. But it turns out that they have a gift for her as well: the news that the young Australian soldier, Joe Harmon, who had risked his life to help the women, had miraculously survived. Jean's search for Joe leads her to a desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she finds a challenge that will draw on all the resourcefulness and spirit that carried her through her war-time ordeals. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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