Morning Journey

1951 novel
Morning Journey
American cover
AuthorJames Hilton
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherMacmillan (UK)
Little, Brown (US)
Publication date
1951
Media typePrint

Morning Journey is a 1951 novel by the British writer James Hilton.[1] It was published in London by Macmillan and in New York by Little, Brown and Company. It received positive reviews on its release and was influenced by Hilton's own time in Hollywood as a screenwriter.[2] It was Hilton's penultimate novel, followed by Time and Time Again in 1953.

Synopsis

The plot looks back over the lifetime of the Irish actress Carey Arundel critically acclaimed star of the film Morning Journey, and her youthful marriage to Paul Saffron a gifted theatre producer and their subsequent separation.

References

  1. ^ Willison p.603
  2. ^ Hammond p.34-35

Bibliography

  • Hammond, John R. Lost Horizon Companion: A Guide to the James Hilton Novel and Its Characters, Critical Reception, Film Adaptations and Place in Popular Culture. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 2008.
  • Willison, I.R. (ed.) The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 4, 1900-1950. Cambridge University Press, 1972.
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James Hilton
Novels
  • Catherine Herself (1920)
  • Storm Passage (1922)
  • The Passionate Year (1924)
  • Dawn of Reckoning (1925)
  • Meadows of the Moon (1926)
  • Terry (1927)
  • The Silver Flame (1928)
  • Murder at School (1931)
  • And Now Goodbye (1931)
  • Contango (Ill Wind) (1932)
  • Rage in Heaven (1932)
  • Knight Without Armour (1933)
  • Lost Horizon (1933)
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1934)
  • We Are Not Alone (1937)
  • Random Harvest (1941)
  • So Well Remembered (1945)
  • Nothing So Strange (1947)
  • Morning Journey (1951)
  • Time and Time Again (1953)
Non-fiction
  • Mr. Chips Looks at the World (1939)
  • The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
  • H.R.H.: The Story of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1956)
Short stories
  • "The Failure" (1924)
  • "Twilight of the Wise" (1936)
  • "The Bat King" (1937)
  • "It's a Crazy World" (1937)
  • "From Information Received" (1938)
  • "The Girl Who Got There" (1938)
  • To You, Mr Chips! (collection) (1938)
  • "You Can't Touch Dotty" (1938)
Plays
  • And Now Goodbye (with Philip Howard) (1937)
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips (with Barbara Burnham) (1938)
Screenplays
  • Camille (1936)
  • We Are Not Alone (1939)
  • Lights Out in Europe (1940)
  • Foreign Correspondent (dialogue) (1940)
  • The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
  • Mrs. Miniver (1942)
  • Forever and a Day (collaboration) (1943)
Adaptations
  • Lost Horizon (1937)
  • Knight Without Armour (1937)
  • We Are Not Alone (1939)
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
  • Rage in Heaven (1941)
  • Random Harvest (1942)
  • The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
  • So Well Remembered (1947)
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
  • Lost Horizon (1973)
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1984)
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002)


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