Description
| Product ID: | 9780141441108 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Kipps |
| Authors: | Author: H. G. Wells, Professor Simon James |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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 the upper classes, he struggles desperately 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 at first appears. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-05-26 |