We Are Not Alone is a 1937 novel by James Hilton.[2] It is one of his more sombre works, portraying the tragic consequences of anti-foreign hysteria in England just before World War I.[3] It has been compared to Goodbye, Mr. Chips in its portrayal of small-town life through the eyes of an everyman protagonist.[4]
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 12 March 1937[1]
Media type
Book
Pages
231
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Dr. Newcome is a beloved doctor in a small English town. His frustrations with his relationships with his wife and son lead to his developing an affair with a German dancer,[5] Leni, whom the family takes on as a governess. When Newcome's wife Jessica is killed under suspicious circumstances, both Dr. Newcome and Leni fall under suspicion. The town's prejudice against Leni as a German leads them to convict her and Dr. Newcome despite only circumstantial evidence.[6][7]
^"Peabody Bimonthly Booklist". Peabody Journal of Education. 14 (6): 326. 6 May 1937. JSTOR 1487118.
^Hilton, James("Glen Trevor") 1900-1954 in Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature Vol. 1 (Web ed.). New York: HarperCollins. 991. p. 453.
^Peskowitz, Milton A. (6 June 1942). "Making Sophomores Reading Adults in a Democracy". The English Journal. 31 (6): 450–454. doi:10.2307/806101. JSTOR 806101.
^"In Brief Review". The English Journal. 26 (4): 341. 4 April 1927. JSTOR 804234.
^"Recent Fiction in Brief". The New Masses. 11 May 1937.
^Douglas, Lloyd C. (13 March 1937). "Innocent Doctor". The Saturday Review.
^"We Are Not Alone". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media, LLC. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^"Broadcasting". Arts and Entertainment. The Times. No. 47962. London. 6 April 1938. p. 12.
^Nugent, Frank S. (1 December 1939). "From Hollywood". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
^Agel, Henri; Giraud, Raymond (1956). "Celluloid and the Soul". Yale French Studies (17): 71. doi:10.2307/2929119. JSTOR 2929119.
^Ginsberg, Walter (January 1940). "Films for High-School English". The English Journal. 29 (1): 45. doi:10.2307/805636. JSTOR 805636.
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