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James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon, Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Random Harvest, as well as co-writing screenplays for the films Camille (1936) and Mrs. Miniver (1942), the latter earning him an Academy Award .
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- Random Harvest
Random Harvest is a novel written by James Hilton, first...
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Lost Horizon is a 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton....
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Genre. Fantasy, adventure novel, mainstream fiction. James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English writer. He wrote several best-selling novels including Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr. Chips. Lost Horizon introduced an imaginary place called Shangri-La and made it popular.
- Fantasy, adventure novel, mainstream fiction
- 20 December 1954 (aged 54), Long Beach, California, United States
- Novelist
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The Silver Flame is a 1928 novel by the British writer James Hilton. The original British publisher was Butterworth. In 1949 it was published in the United States in by Avon under the alternative title Three Loves Had Margaret. It has been described as the last of his "apprentice novels" before he emerged as a major international author.
- United Kingdom
- English
- Drama
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We Are Not Alone is a 1937 novel by James Hilton. It is one of his more sombre works, portraying the tragic consequences of anti-foreign hysteria in England just before World War I. It has been compared to Goodbye, Mr. Chips in its portrayal of small-town life through the eyes of an everyman protagonist. Synopsis