James Hilton





James Hilton

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born
September 09, 1900 in Leigh, The United Kingdom

died
December 20, 1954

gender
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About this author

See also جيمس هيلتون.

James Hilton was an English novelist who wrote several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips.

Born in Leigh, Hilton was the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. He was educated at Leys School, Cambridge.

He wrote his two most remembered books while living in a rather ordinary semi-detached house on Oak Hill Gardens, Woodford Green. The house still stands, with a blue plaque marking Hilton's residence.

Hilton was married twice, first to Alice Brown and later to Galina Kopineck. Both marriages ended in divorce. He died in Long Beach, California from liver cancer.


Average rating: 3.80 · 6,743 ratings · 730 reviews · 29 distinct works
Lost Horizon
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 4,406 ratings — published 1933 — 63 editions
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Good-Bye, Mr. Chips
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 1,847 ratings — published 1934 — 48 editions
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Random Harvest
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 1941 — 15 editions
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Nothing So Strange
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1947 — 3 editions
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Time and Time Again
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1953
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So Well Remembered
3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1945 — 3 editions
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Was It Murder?
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions
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Without Armor
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1 — 2 editions
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The Story of Dr. Wassell
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1942
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We Are Not Alone (Vintage P...
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1941 — 3 editions
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More books by James Hilton…
“Have you ever been going somewhere with a crowd and you're certain it's the wrong road and you tell them, but they won't listen, so you just have to plod along in what you know is the wrong direction till somebody more important gets the same idea?”
James Hilton, Random Harvest

“There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth doing.”
James Hilton, Random Harvest

“The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is.”
James Hilton, Nothing So Strange

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