- Family values, Fiction, historical, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, France, fiction
The novel by Nevil Shute. As the German army overruns France . An old Englishman returning to Britain agrees to escort two children to London. Trains, buses, hotels fail him and each shift in his plans adds a new child until he and six children attempt to evade the Nazis and cross the English Channel.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Nevil Shute, John Boyne
- First published
- 1941
- Pages
- 305
- Publisher
- Heinemann Educational Publishers, Chivers Audio Books, House of Stratus
- Editions
- 36
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9780862203566
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