Pastoral (Shute novel)

Pastoral is a novel by the English author Nevil Shute.

Its theme is that even in the midst of war, and among warriors, everyday life, such as romance, will continue.

[2] Pastoral is a romance set on an English airbase which revolves around the pilot and crew of a Vickers Wellington bomber, their interest in fishing, and the pilot's developing relationship with a young WAAF signals officer.

After its release the book received reviews from The Washington Post and The New York Times,[3] the latter of which wrote that the book was "an excellent story and its writer grows in subtlety and skill with each succeeding novel".

This article about a World War II novel first published in the 1940s is a stub.