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R.C. Hutchinson


Born
in The United Kingdom
January 23, 1907

Died
July 03, 1975


Ray Coryton Hutchinson was a best-selling British novelist. His 1975 novel Rising was short-listed for the Booker Prize.

He was born in Finchley, Middlesex and educated at Monkton Combe School, near Bath. He received his BA at Oriel College, Oxford in 1927 and joined the advertising department at Colman's in Norwich. He married Margaret Owen Jones in April 1929.

His first novel, Thou Hast a Devil, was published in 1930. It was followed by The Answering Glory (1932), and The Unforgotten Prisoner (1933), which sold 150,000 copies in the first month. Subsequent novels also sold very well and in 1935 he left Colman's to begin writing full-time.

In March 1940 he joined the army, and in July was posted as captain in the 8th Battalion of the Buffs Re
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Average rating: 3.82 · 97 ratings · 18 reviews · 16 distinct worksSimilar authors
Rising

3.56 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1976 — 5 editions
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Testament

4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1938 — 7 editions
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A Child Possessed

4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1964 — 10 editions
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Johanna at Daybreak

3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1969 — 7 editions
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Recollection of a Journey

3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1973 — 5 editions
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March the Ninth

3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions
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The Unforgotten Prisoner

4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1933 — 5 editions
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Le origini di Cathleen

3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1971 — 4 editions
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The Fire and the Wood

3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1940 — 14 editions
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One Light Burning

2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1935
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