Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. and 12 similar items

Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. Wells Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul H. G. Wells New York: Charles Scribner's Sons Copyright 1924 479 pages The binding is in acceptable condition, the rear hinge is weakening. The pages are clean but tanning and have widely scattered brown age spots. The cover is scuffed and has a small amount of edge wear. Acceptable. Hardcover. 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. Thrown dramatically into the upper classes, he struggles desperately to learn the etiquette and rules of polite society. But as he soon discovers, becoming a 'true gentleman' is neither as easy nor as desirable as it at first appears. (0298)