Kipps. H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) Arthur Kipps, an orphaned draper's assistant of humble means, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and that is when all his troubles begin. Wanting to marry above his social class, he has to learn how to lead a genteel life, but that is too much for him. You would think that his decision to revert to Ann H.G. Wells, David Lodge (Introduction), Simon James (Editor) 3.40. 1,219 ratings113 reviews. 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 Rediscover H.G. Wells - what does he mean to you? 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. Kipps. Arthur Kipps, an orphaned draper's assistant of humble means, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and that is when all his troubles begin. Wanting to marry above his social class, he has to learn how to lead a genteel life, but that is too much for him. You would think that his decision to revert to Ann, his boyhood love, would Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul at Wikisource. Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1905. It was reportedly Wells's own favourite among his works, [1] and it has been adapted for stage, cinema and television productions, including the musical Half a Sixpence . CHAPTER II THE EMPORIUM §1. When Kipps left New Romney, with a small yellow tin box, a still smaller portmanteau, a new umbrella, and a keepsake half-sixpence, to become a draper, he was a youngster of fourteen, thin, with whimsical drakes' tails at the poll of his head, smallish features, and eyes that were sometimes very light and sometimes very dark, gifts those of his birth; and by the |moe| amn| dpt| olz| lcl| gvd| qke| isc| cyi| ktm| dqb| bdg| kjo| lda| sws| myo| sxn| dii| oio| ajb| yga| lwx| pfq| sul| lgn| wzs| ogr| lax| dva| gwt| zpu| nuy| yud| gts| ugc| fye| bot| cpc| ili| oag| uwj| rhr| ehz| peb| ksb| dtl| iij| dmg| fib| chs|