Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul

Languageen
First published2012-03-16
RightsPublic domain in the USA.
Gutenberg ID#39162

Description

"Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul" by H. G. Wells is a novel published in 1905. Arthur Kipps, an orphaned shop boy, unexpectedly inherits a fortune that thrusts him into unfamiliar social circles. As he struggles to navigate class expectations and remake himself into a gentleman, Kipps must choose between social ambition and authentic happiness. This comedy of manners explores whether wealth truly elevates or simply complicates a simple soul's life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

  • Orphans -- Fiction
  • Working class -- Fiction
  • England -- Fiction
  • Bildungsromans
  • Young men -- Fiction
  • Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
  • PR

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