- Fiction, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Utopias, Shangri-La (Imaginary place)
Following a plane crash, Conway, a British consul; his deputy; a missionary; and an American financier find themselves in the enigmatic snow-capped mountains of uncharted Tibet. Here they discover a seemingly perfect hidden community where they are welcomed with gracious hospitality. Intrigued by its mystery, the travellers set about discovering the secret hidden at the shimmering heart of Shangri-La.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and warm.
- gravecomic
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- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- James Hilton
- First published
- January 1920
- Pages
- 238
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co, Shaanxi Normal University Pub. Date :1999-10-01 1s, Grosset & Dunlap
- Editions
- 130
- Language
- Polish, Dutch, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9781453244203
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“Mission; Henry D. Barnard, an American; Hugh Conway, H.M. Consul; and Captain Charles Mallinson, H.M. Vice-Consul.”
James Hilton was an English novelist best remembered for several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. He also wrote Hollywood screenplays. Source: Wikipedia
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