Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. Wells

"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.)

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Author Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
Title Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipps
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Orphans -- Fiction
Subject Working class -- Fiction
Subject England -- Fiction
Subject Bildungsromans
Subject Young men -- Fiction
Subject Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 39162
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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