Pastoral (novel)

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Pastoral is a novel by the English author Nevil Shute. It was first published in 1944 by Heinemann. Its theme is that even in the midst of war, and among warriors, everyday life, such as romance, will continue.

Pastoral is a slight but charming romance set on an English airbase which revolves around an experienced pilot, his bomber crew, their interest in fishing and his developing relationship with a young WAAF signals officer. As with many of Shute's novels, a narrator character who might be seen as Shute appears. It is a simple story told straightforwardly with Shute's normal attention to detail which makes it particularly evocative.

Novels by Nevil Shute

Stephen Morris and Pilotage (1923)
Marazan (1926)
So Disdained (1928)
Lonely Road (1932)
Ruined City (1938)
What Happened to the Corbetts (1939)
An Old Captivity (1940)
Landfall: A Channel Story (1940)
Pied Piper (1942)
Most Secret (1945)
Pastoral (1944)
Vinland the Good (1946)
The Chequer Board (1947)
No Highway (1948)
A Town Like Alice (1950)
Round the Bend (1951)
The Far Country (1952)
In the Wet (1953)
Slide Rule: Autobiography of an Engineer (1954)
Requiem for a Wren (1955)
Beyond the Black Stump (1956)
On the Beach (1957)
The Rainbow and the Rose (1958)
Trustee from the Toolroom (1960)
The Seafarers (2000)

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