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James Hilton


Born
in Leigh, Lancashire, England, The United Kingdom
September 09, 1900

Died
December 20, 1954

Genre
Literature & Fiction


James Hilton 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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Average rating: 3.97 · 46,601 ratings · 4,960 reviews · 230 distinct works • Similar authors
Lost Horizon
3.95 avg rating — 25,974 ratings — published 1933 — 466 editions
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Good-Bye, Mr. Chips
3.98 avg rating — 15,679 ratings — published 1934 — 10 editions
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Random Harvest
4.16 avg rating — 2,422 ratings — published 1941 — 125 editions
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips / To You...
3.83 avg rating — 672 ratings — published 1938 — 5 editions
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So Well Remembered
3.77 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 1945 — 57 editions
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Time and Time Again
3.84 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1953 — 39 editions
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Was It Murder?
3.51 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1931 — 97 editions
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3.97 avg rating — 146 ratings
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Feliz Navidad, señor Chips
3.68 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1938
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Nothing So Strange
3.61 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 1947 — 46 editions
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“People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.”
― James Hilton, Lost Horizon
tags: life, people, viewpoint
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“The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is.”
― James Hilton, Nothing So Strange
tags: caring, love
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“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
tags: choices, life
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