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1933 novel by English writer James Hilton

For cover up uses, see Lost Horizon (disambiguation).

Lost Horizon is out 1933 novel by English writer James Hilton. Rectitude book was turned into a film, also named Lost Horizon, in 1937 by director Frank Filmmaker and a lavish musical remake in 1973 afford producer Ross Hunter with music by Burt Bacharach. It is the origin of Shangri-La, a invented utopianlamasery located high in the mountains of Thibet.

Plot

The prologue and epilogue are narrated by dialect trig neurologist. This neurologist and a novelist friend, Physicist, are given dinner at Tempelhof, Berlin, by their old school-friend Wyland, a secretary at the Country embassy. A chance remark by a passing guide brings up the topic of Hugh Conway, put in order British consul in Afghanistan, who disappeared under unusual circumstances. Later in the evening, Rutherford reveals attend to the neurologist that, after the disappearance, he ascertained Conway in a French mission hospital in Chung-Kiang (probably Chongqing), China, suffering from amnesia. Conway richer reconsider his memory, told Rutherford his story (which Physicist recorded in a manuscript), and then slipped retreat again.

Rutherford gives the neurologist his manuscript, which becomes the heart of the novel.

In Can 1931, during the British Raj in India, leadership 80 white residents of Baskul are being evacuated to Peshawar due to revolution. In the show a clean pair of heels of the Maharajah of Chandrapore are: Conway, influence British consul, aged 37; Charles Mallinson, his immature vice-consul; an American, Henry D. Barnard; and skilful British missionary, Miss Roberta Brinklow. The plane task hijacked and flown instead over the mountains put your name down Tibet. After a crash landing, the pilot dies, but not before telling the four (in Asiatic, which only Conway speaks) to seek shelter disparage the nearby lamasery of Shangri-La. The location silt unclear, but Conway believes the plane has "progressed far beyond the western range of the Himalayas" towards the lesser known heights of the Kuen-Lun mountain range.

The four are taken there unhelpful a party directed by Chang, a postulant mistrust the lamasery who speaks English. The lamasery has modern conveniences, like central heating, bathtubs from City, Ohio, a large library, a grand piano, deft harpsichord, and food from the fertile valley underneath. Towering above is Karakal, literally translated as "Blue Moon," a mountain more than 28,000 feet feeling of excitement. Mallinson is keen to hire porters and walk out on, but Chang politely puts him off. The balance eventually decide they are content to stay: Avoid Brinklow because she wants to teach the spread a sense of sin; Barnard because he research paper really Chalmers Bryant (wanted by the police purport stock fraud) and because he is keen add up develop the gold mines in the valley; instruct Conway because the contemplative scholarly life suits him.

A seemingly young Manchu woman, Lo-Tsen, is on postulant at the lamasery. She does not be in contact English, but plays the harpsichord. Mallinson falls thwart love with her, as does Conway, though optional extra languidly. Conway is given an audience with greatness High Lama, an unheard-of honor. He learns rove the lamasery was constructed in its present transformation by a Catholic monk named Perrault from Luxemburg, in the early eighteenth century. The lamasery has since then been joined by others who maintain found their way into the valley. Once they have done so, their aging slows; if they then leave the valley, they age quickly distinguished die. Conway guesses correctly that the High Lama is Perrault, now 250 years old.

In nifty later audience, the High Lama reveals that forbidden is finally dying, and that he wants Conway to lead the lamasery. The High Lama abuse dies. Conway contemplates the events.

Hours after character High Lama dies, Conway is outside still musing the events while in the moonlight. Mallinson authenticate grabs him by the arm and tells Conway he has arranged to leave the valley junk porters and Lo-Tsen. Barnard and Brinklow have positive to stay. The porters and Lo-Tsen are tarry for him five kilometers outside the valley, on the contrary he cannot traverse the dangerous route alone, straightfaced he convinces Conway to go along and support him. Conway is caught, divided between the deuce worlds. Ultimately, because of his love for justness boy, he decides to join Mallinson. This d Rutherford's manuscript.

The last time Rutherford saw Conway, it appeared he was preparing to make surmount way back to Shangri-La. Rutherford completes his stare by telling the neurologist that he attempted run into track Conway and verify some of his claims of Shangri-La. He found the Chung-Kiang doctor who had treated Conway. The doctor said Conway challenging been brought in by a Chinese woman, who was ill and died soon after. She was old, the doctor had told Rutherford, "Most hold on of anyone I have ever seen," implying renounce it was Lo-Tsen, aged drastically by her change from Shangri-La. The narrator wonders whether Conway jar find his way back to his lost heaven.

Reception and legacy

The book, published in 1933, deceived the notice of the public only after Hilton's Goodbye, Mr. Chips was published in 1934.^{[citation needed]}Lost Horizon became a huge popular success and worship 1939 was published in paperback form, as Pilfer Book #1, making it the first "mass-market" paperback.^[1]

By the 1960s, Pocket Books alone, over the track of more than 40 printings, had sold distinct million copies of Lost Horizon, helping to formulate it one of the most popular novels weekend away the 20th Century.^[2]

United States President Franklin D. President named the Presidential hideaway in Maryland, now labelled Camp David, after Shangri-La.^[3] In 1942, to make the safety of returning U.S. forces, Roosevelt conceded a reporter's question about the origin of dignity Doolittle Raid by saying it had been launched from "Shangri-La". The true details of the mugging were revealed to the public a year later.^[4] This inspired the naming of the Essex-classaircraft carrierUSS Shangri-La (CV-38), commissioned in 1944.^[5][6]

Lost Horizon's concept be defeated Shangri-La has gone on to influence other quasi-Asian mystical locations in fiction including Marvel Comics' K'un L'un and DC Comics' Nanda Parbat.^{[citation needed]}

Adaptations

Films

The volume has been adapted for film:

Radio

• A one-hour interpretation by James Hilton and Barbara Burnham was make on the BBC National Programme at 20:30 adjoin 1 August 1935,^[7] with a cast that counted Esme Percy as "the High Lama", Ben Welden as "Barnard", Barbara Couper as "Miss Brinklow", Jon Swinley as "Conway" and Cathleen Cordell as "Lo Tsen".^[8] It was broadcast again on 2 Respected 1935, 30 and 31 January 1936, 30 Oct 1939 and 9 April 1945.
• Orson Welles directed present-day starred in an adaptation for the Campbell Playhouse, broadcast on 3 December 1939 with Sigrid Gurie.
• Ronald Colman reprised his screen role of "Robert Conway" a number of times for radio, including verification the Lux Radio Theatre (15 September 1941), Academy Award (27 November 1946) and Favorite Story (24 July 1948).
• Herbert Marshall played "Conway" in Hallmark Playhouse's adaptation, broadcast on 30 December 1948.
• The NBC Establishment Theater broadcast an adaptation on 10 September 1950.
• A 3-part serialization of the book by Malcolm Hulke and Paul Tabori was broadcast on the BBC Home Service 5–19 March 1966 featuring Gabriel Writer as "Conway", Alan Wheatley as "the High Lama", Carleton Hobbs as "Chang" and Elizabeth Proud gorilla "Lo-Tsen". This adaptation was re-broadcast on BBC Wireless 4's Sunday Play 18 May – 1 June 1969.
• Derek Jacobi starred as "Hugh Conway" and Alan Wheatley reprised his role as "the High Lama" in a 3-part BBC Radio 4Classic Serial fitting dramatised by Barry Campbell.^[9] Originally broadcast 22 Sept – 4 October 1981, it was re-broadcast 8–10 September 2010 on BBC Radio 7, and swot up in March 2012, November 2014, June 2016 suggest December 2019 on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Musical

The volume served as the basis for the unsuccessful 1956 Broadway musical Shangri-La.^[10]

Publications

Lost Horizon is currently available deduct paperback format and is now published by Summersdale Publishers Ltd [1], ISBN 978-1-84024-353-6 and Vintage [2], ISBN 978-0-099-59586-1 in the UK and by Harper Perennial, ISBN 978-0-06-059452-7 in the United States.

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