Good-bye, Mr. Chips (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: James Hilton
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Sentimental
- Time of Work: 1870-1933
- Setting: An English boys’ school
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Values, Memory, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, England or English people, World War I, Eccentrics or eccentricities, Boys, Old age or elderly people, Nostalgia, Private schools
- Locales: England
Characters Discussed
Mr. Chipping, referred to as Mr. Chips, a retired schoolmaster, white- haired, semi-bald, fairly active for his age. Unprofound, he prefers detective novels to the Greek and Latin works that he taught for so long. His mind is filled with memories of his dead wife, the many boys he taught at Brookfield, and the many experiences he had there. He is a legend at the school and is remembered with affection. He dies dreaming of the thousands of boys he had taught.
Mrs. Wickett, his landlady.
Wetherby, the head of Brookfield when Mr. Chips came...
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