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Mr. Hilton's classic story of an English schoolmaster. Mr. Chipping, the classics master at Brookfield School since 1870, takes readers on a beguiling journey through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sometimes Chips, as he is affectionately known, is an old man who dreams by the fire; then he's a difficult young taskmaster schooling his students, or a middle-aged man encountering the lovely Katherine, whose "new woman" opinions work far-reaching changes in him. As succeeding generations of boys march onward through Chips' mind, Hilton's narrative remains masterful. He seamlessly interweaves a poignant love story with the jokes and eccentricities of English public school life, while also chronicling a new, uncertain world full of conflict and upheaval that extends far beyond the turrets of Brookfield.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips, James Hilton
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- Released
- 1976
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- Title
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Language
- English
- Authors
- James Hilton
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Released
- 1976
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 115
- ISBN10
- 0553104314
- ISBN13
- 9780553104318
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Humor, Classics, British Literature, Education & School System, Literary Fiction, English Literature, Adapted for Film, Teachers, English Humor
- First published
- 1934
- Original title
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- Mr. Hilton's classic story of an English schoolmaster. Mr. Chipping, the classics master at Brookfield School since 1870, takes readers on a beguiling journey through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sometimes Chips, as he is affectionately known, is an old man who dreams by the fire; then he's a difficult young taskmaster schooling his students, or a middle-aged man encountering the lovely Katherine, whose "new woman" opinions work far-reaching changes in him. As succeeding generations of boys march onward through Chips' mind, Hilton's narrative remains masterful. He seamlessly interweaves a poignant love story with the jokes and eccentricities of English public school life, while also chronicling a new, uncertain world full of conflict and upheaval that extends far beyond the turrets of Brookfield.