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Orphaned at an early age raised by his aunt and uncle and apprenticed for seven years to a draper Artie Kipps is stunned to discover upon reading a newspaper advertisement that he is the grandson of a wealthy gentleman - and the inheritor of his fortune. Thrown dramatically into... Read Full Overview

Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1905. Humorous yet sympathetic, the perceptive social novel is generally regarded as a masterpiece, and it was his own favourite work Plot: The protagonist of the Bildungsroman is Arthur "Artie" Kipps,... Read Full Overview

Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1905. Humorous yet sympathetic, the perceptive social novel is generally regarded as a masterpiece, and it was his own favorite work. It was adapted into the stage and cinema musical Half a Sixpence... Read Full Overview

"I don't know things. I'm not good enough. I'm not refined. The more you see of me, the more you'll find me out.' 'But I'm going to help you.''You'll 'ave to 'elp me a fearful lot."Master writer HG Wells gave us this witty satire about an orphan who inherits a fortune and then... Read Full Overview

Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1905. Humorous yet sympathetic, this perceptive social novel is generally regarded as a masterpiece, and was the author's own favourite work. Kipps is a rags-to-riches study in class differences,... Read Full Overview

Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, rst published in 1905. Humorous yet sympathetic, this perceptive social novel is generally regarded as a masterpiece, and was the author's own favourite work. It was adapted into the stage and cinema musical Half a... Read Full Overview

"Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul" by H.G. Wells is a poignant and humorous novel following the life of Arthur Kipps, an orphaned shop assistant in Folkestone, England. Kipps's life takes an unexpected turn when he inherits a substantial fortune. Suddenly elevated to a higher... Read Full Overview

Orphaned at an early age, raised by his aunt and uncle, and apprenticed for seven years to a draper, Artie Kipps is stunned to discover upon reading a newspaper advertisement that he is the grandson of a wealthy gentleman and the inheritor of his fortune. Thrown dramatically... Read Full Overview

""Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul"" is a novel written by H.G. Wells that tells the story of Arthur Kipps, a young boy who grows up in poverty and is taken on as an apprentice at a draper's shop. Kipps is a simple and unassuming person, but he has a desire to improve his station... Read Full Overview

The protagonist of the Bildungsroman is Arthur "Artie" Kipps, an illegitimate orphan. In Book I ("The Making of Kipps"), he is raised by his aged aunt and uncle, who keep a little shop in New Romney, on the southern coast of Kent. He attends the Cavendish Academy ("a middle-class... Read Full Overview

Orphaned at an early age, raised by his aunt and uncle, and apprenticed for seven years to a draper, Artie Kipps is stunned to discover upon reading a newspaper advertisement that he is the grandson of a wealthy gentleman and the inheritor of his fortune. Thrown dramatically... Read Full Overview

Orphaned at an early age, raised by his aunt and uncle, and apprenticed for seven years to a draper, Artie Kipps is stunned to discover upon reading a newspaper advertisement that he is the grandson of a wealthy gentleman and the inheritor of his fortune. Thrown dramatically... Read Full Overview