- Fiction, Young men, Working class, Orphans
Partly based on Wells’ own experiences as a young man this novel centres on an orphan who becomes apprenticed to a draper. Bored with his humdrum existence of living and working in a drapers, Kipps’ life changes radically when he inherits a fortune from a previously unknown relative. However more troubles occur when he attempts to emulate the people he encounters in upper class society.
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Classical in form, effortless, spare and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- H. G. Wells
- First published
- 1900
- Pages
- 355
- Publisher
- Everyman Library, Macmillan, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Editions
- 112
- Language
- Spanish, und, English, cze
- ISBN
- 9798533090766
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“UNTIL he was nearly arrived at adolescence it did not become clear to Kipps how it was that he was under the care of an aunt and uncle instead of having a father and mother like other boys.”
Herbert George Wells was an English author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary.
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