Sigmund Freud, an early admirer despite his tepid reaction to The Meadows of the Moon, came to conclude that Hilton had wasted his talent by being too prolific. His novel We Are Not Alone, despite its inspirational-sounding title, is a grim story of legally approved lynching brought on by wartime hysteria in Britain. Flaws in the English society of his time-particularly narrow-mindedness and class-consciousness-were frequently his targets. Chips, but some of his novels had a darker side. Hilton's books are sometimes characterised as sentimental and idealistic celebrations of English virtues. After this, he continued to write, but the works were not regarded as of the same quality as his better-known novels. Following this, several of his books were international bestsellers and inspired successful film adaptations, notably Lost Horizon (1933), which won a Hawthornden Prize Goodbye, Mr. The next 11 years were difficult for him, and it was not until 1931 that he had success with the novel And Now Goodbye. Hilton's first novel, Catherine Herself, was published in 1920 when he was still an undergraduate. He started work as a journalist, first for the Manchester Guardian, then reviewing fiction for The Daily Telegraph. He was educated at the Monoux School Walthamstow till 1914, then The Leys School, Cambridge, and then at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he wrote his first novel and was awarded an honours degree in English literature. Hilton was born in Leigh, Lancashire, the son of John Hilton, the headmaster of Chapel End School in Walthamstow. Miniver (1942), the latter earning him an Academy Award. Chips and Random Harvest, as well as co-writing screenplays for the films Camille (1936) and Mrs. He is best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon, Goodbye, Mr. James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an English novelist and screenwriter.

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