On the Beach | Themes
Shute's writing reflected his very moral upbringing and world view. In none of his novels, for example, does a married man knowingly have an affair. Jean Paget, heroine of A Town Like Alice (1950), recovers herself, in a moment of passion with her beloved, just in time to prevent the premature loss of her virginity before her marriage (which occurs soon after in the novel). The characters in the novels are largely people who know who they are, know their duty, and do it in the face of daunting odds — Jean Paget builds a town; the Corbetts survive the Blitz; Australia goes on as...
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