Young Artie Kipps is desperate to escape the world of retail trade. Embarking on self-improvement, he allows first a lady and then an unexpected legacy to turn his head and ruin him. But the rum paradoxically manages to save him. H.G. Wells pokes fun at a whole gallery of social pretensions from high society to middle class snobbery in this witty portrait of a draper's assistant bent on acquiring refinement.
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Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
Young Artie Kipps is desperate to escape the world of retail trade. Embarking on self-improvement, he allows first a lady and then an unexpected legacy to turn his head and ruin him. But the rum paradoxically manages to save him. H.G. Wells pokes fun at a whole gallery of social pretensions from high society to middle class snobbery in this witty portrait of a draper's assistant bent on acquiring refinement.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781502757241 |
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Publisher: | CreateSpace Publishing |
Publication date: | 10/08/2014 |
Pages: | 162 |
Sales rank: | 1,076,290 |
Product dimensions: | 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.35(d) |
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