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Kipps
H.G. Wells

Kipps

The Story of a Simple Soul

William Collins & Sons (1968)
9780006132219
| Hardcover
450 pages | 125 x 200 mm | English
Dewey 823/.9/1

Plot

Orphaned at an early age, Artie Kipps is stunned to discover upon reading a newspaper that he is the grandson of a wealthy gentleman -- and the inheritor of his fortune. Thrown dramatically into the upper classes, he struggles to learn the etiquette and rules of polite society. But, as he soon discovers, becoming a "true gentleman" is neither as easy nor as desirable as it first appears. Kipps is a hilarious tale of one man's struggle for self-improvement and a witty satire of pretension.