Kipps (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: H. G. Wells
- First Published: 1905
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic romance
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Arthur Kipps, Ann Pornick, Helen Walsingham, Mr. Chitterlow
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Love or romance, Twentieth century, Middle classes, Class consciousness, Manners or customs, England or English people, Inheritance or succession, Illegitimacy, Servants, Wealth, Merchants
- Locales: England
The Story:
Young Arthur Kipps knew there was something mysterious about his birth, but his memories of his mother were so vague that they were all but meaningless. He knew only that she had gone away, leaving him in the care of his aunt and uncle and providing a small sum for his education. He spent his bleak childhood in a wretched school in which he learned nothing. His vacations were dominated by his aunt’s notions of what was proper. His unhappy childhood was lightened somewhat, however, by his friendship with a boy of “low” class and the boy’s sister, Ann Pornick....
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