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James Hilton

Born

in Leigh, The United Kingdom

September 09, 1900

Died

December 20, 1954

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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James Hilton (1900–1954) was a bestselling English novelist and Academy Award–winning screenwriter. After attending Cambridge University, Hilton worked as a journalist until the success of his novels Lost Horizon (1933) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934) launched his career as a celebrated author. Hilton’s writing is known for its depiction of English life between the two world wars, its celebration of English character, and its honest portrayal of life in the early twentieth century.

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Average rating: 3.93 · 24,614 ratings · 2,149 reviews · 88 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lost Horizon 3.91 avg rating — 14,216 ratings — published 1933 — 142 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good-Bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton, H.M. Brock (Illustrator) , Edward Weeks (Foreword by) 3.95 avg rating — 7,878 ratings — published 1934 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Random Harvest 4.09 avg rating — 1,384 ratings — published 1941 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goodbye, Mr. Chips: To You, Mr. Chips 3.75 avg rating — 369 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Bye Mr. Chips & Other Stories by James Hilton, Donna Diamond (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 89 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing So Strange 3.71 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1947 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time and Time Again 3.86 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1953 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	So Well Remembered 3.64 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1945 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Was It Murder? 3.43 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1931 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Are Not Alone 3.89 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1941 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by James Hilton

“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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