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Kipps

H. G. Wells

1952274 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1952
first published
  • 1952Collins · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9780004216812
  • 1979Fontana · 287 pages · ENGISBN 9780006155935
  • 2020WordFire Press · 274 pages · ENGISBN 9781680570922
  • 1993J.M. Dent & Sons · 310 pages · ENGISBN 9780460872775
  • 2005Penguin Classics · 320 pages · ENGISBN 9780141441108
  • 2007Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 496 pages · ENGISBN 9780548019207
  • 2005Kessinger Publishing, LLC · 496 pages · ENGISBN 9781417917587
  • 2002House of Stratus · 420 pages · ENGISBN 9780755104093
NostalgicHistoricalStandard read

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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Character focusSingle lead

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ThemesComing of ageFamilyClass

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