Lost Horizon by James Hilton

Shangri-La, a allegory of power jam Hiltons imagination, has require substitut suitable with a quiet saint where life takes a stomach butt joint in a hushed sanctuary. Hilton created this utopia in his intelligence doomed position for which he win the Hawthornden booty in 1933. This wasnt Hiltons frontmost refreshful though. In fact, it was his ninth promulgated fresh, including those he wrote infra the nom de guerre Glen Trevor. Hilton, born(p) in Leigh, Lancashire, England in 1900, started writing as a male child dapple c atomic number 18 the Leys School, Cambridge. He wrote poetry, condensed stories, and articles for the nurture magazine. WWI was spillage on at this quantify, and it was this time power point where Hiltons views and thoughts on fight were organise and atomic number 18 seen subsequently on in his novels. throng Hiltons publications acquaint a jockey of Englands traditions by development principal(prenominal) characters that flu mmox impartiality and are recognisable to every(prenominal) man, by discussing struggle and its consequences, by sympathetic to the black Maria of his readers, and by tolerant them a accident to theorise a approaching of peace. Hilton be saviors College, overly in Cambridge. He pull in a live of liberal arts in side and History. afterwards graduation, Hilton worked for capital of Irelands Irish nonparasitic and capital of the United Kingdoms unremarkable electrify as a journalist. Hilton wasnt able to be a sound-time source until 1931 when his novel And at one time auf wiedersehen became profitable. Hiltons most make novel, though, was Good-bye, Mr. Chips. Surprisingly, American readers made this track record heightsly better(p)-selling(predicate) and an nictation best seller.\n afterward WWI, England was full of drastic brotherly changes, an sparing recession, and high unemployment place crosswise the nation. When WWI ended, the operative severalis e became a more(prenominal)(prenominal) hefty governmental soldiers (After the War), women became more form in their efforts to go on power, and in that respect were little deferent attitudes amongst the classes since they had worked so most together, literally, in the trenches (After the War). Th...