An Old Captivity (Vintage Classics)
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Do we love the same person over and over? Can some of us remember more than others? See what you think as you read this wonderful work of fiction that is based on archaeological research.
Neville Shute Norway was the real deal, and he tells a great story here about a pilot, a professor and the professor's somewhat spoiled daughter. Good read all the way through, which is typical with Neville Shute, and the aviation details are spot on accurate. One person found this helpful 2 people found this helpful.
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Most people today think nothing of getting on airplane, and a few hours later, arriving at their destination half the world away with no more to complain about than poor service by the stewardess. It wasn't always this way, and even today going to some remote locations has at least some difficulties associated with it. This book details the adventures of three very disparate people, an Oxford don, his class conscious daughter, and an independent-minded pilot as they embark on a trip from England to Greenland during the mid-thirties in an attempt by the professor to prove that the Celts came along with the Norsemen during their exploration and colonization period of about AD Greenland is not a very hospitable place, with few inhabitants, almost no ports, unpredictable and typically highly inclement weather, and ice-locked most of the year.
The preparations needed to go there at the time of this novel were extensive, approaching the level of effort of the Scott and Amundsen polar expeditions, though on a much smaller scale. Almost all of this effort falls on the shoulders of the pilot, from purchasing, assembling and testing an appropriate sea-plane to ordering supplies, obtaining the required documents, setting up logistical support bases, and finding and hiring an appropriately skilled photographer, all while working under a time deadline dictated by Greenland's very short summer.
Nevil's description of all of this work and the thought processes of his pilot are vivid, detailed, and highly believable.
This being Nevil Shute, the book is chock full of nerdy technical details about planes and engines and flying into and out of sea landings and how to secure sea planes and so forth. This is a paranormal romance in it's way. Pied Piper Nevil Shute Norway. Posted by lyn at 2: Has captured the hardships faced by people trying to explore Greenland some 60 years ago.
While progressing in the story line, his characters are richly developed. There is a natural antipathy between the working-man pilot and the daughter, who has led a very sheltered upper-class life, who naturally can't believe the cost and preparation required for the trip, so naturally believes that the pilot is merely out to pad his own pocket.
But once they embark on the trip itself, the pilot's unstinting devotion to his work slowly wins her over, and a very predictable attraction starts to form between the two.
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This is very typical of Nevil's work, as he was excellent at characterization and defining romantic attractions in a very believable and satisfying manner. Also typical is the fact that there are no bad guys or any high dramatic tension here.
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Instead his stories revolve around his characters, often very ordinary people dealing with the very mundane realities of life. This is a somewhat slow-moving book, typical of English novels written prior to WWII, but once adjusted to this novel's pace, I had no trouble remaining engrossed in the story. There are some items here, though, that are not so good. Shute was an avionics engineer, and his knowledge of airplanes is very much on display here, probably a little too much so, with too many details about the plane gone over multiple times. There is a section near the end that digresses violently from the main story, almost a separate story in itself, that I did not think Shute did a proper job of preparing the reader for.
The final ending that ties the main story and this other one together reeks of mysticism and was, I felt, unnecessary to completing his character's story arc. Still, a very likeable read, probably not at the incredibly high level of things like his On the Beach or A Town Like Alice, but worthwhile reading. I really enjoyed the background info on what it was like to mount and Arctic expedition in those days. Nevil Shute was an extraordinary and imaginative story-teller, and I have enjoyed many of his novels, as well as his memoir "Slide Rule".
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He was an aeronautical engineer first, and several of his novels involved flying. But "An Old Captivity" is my favorite: I first read it in the s, and have gone back to read it many times since. What "captivated" me is the combination of very factual and informative details about the challenges of flying a small plane from England to Greenland in the mid s, and the fantastical story element in which the chief character is led, throughg a dream, to recapture a prior life as a Scottish slave of the Viking explorer Leif Eriksson. A mild romance lends the story more charm.
I own a complete leather bound complete set of Nevil Shute novels. This story is about an air adventure to seek archaeological data in a remote area of Greenland with just the right amount of reality to make the reader feel like they could be there. Shute always does an excellent job in making the reader "feel the struggle" on a personal level.
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