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Kipps: The Story Of A Simple Soul - 9781981642847
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Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1905. Humorous yet sympathetic, this perceptive social novel is generally regarded as a masterpiece, and was the author's own favourite work. Kipps is a rags-to-riches study in class differences, and the novel's chief dramatic interest is how the protagonist negotiates the intellectual, moral, and emotional difficulties that come with wealth and a change of social station. Kipps is the only character in the novel who is fully developed, and all events are narrated from his point of view. A restrained Wellsian narrator's voice offers occasional comment, but only toward the end of the novel does this voice speak out in a page-long denunciation of "the ruling power of this land, Stupidity," which is "a monster, a lumpish monster, like some great clumsy griffin thing, like the Crystal Palacelabyrinthodon, like Coote, like the leaden Goddess of the Dunciad, like some fat, proud flunkey, like pride, like indolence, like all that is darkening and heavy and obstructive in life.
| Author: Herbert George Wells, Edward Quilarque |
| Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Dec 11, 2017 |
| Number of Pages: 232 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1981642846 |
| ISBN-13: 9781981642847 |
Kipps: The Story Of A Simple Soul - 9781981642847
$12.55
Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1905. Humorous yet sympathetic, this perceptive social novel is generally regarded as a masterpiece, and was the author's own favourite work. Kipps is a rags-to-riches study in class differences, and the novel's chief dramatic interest is how the protagonist negotiates the intellectual, moral, and emotional difficulties that come with wealth and a change of social station. Kipps is the only character in the novel who is fully developed, and all events are narrated from his point of view. A restrained Wellsian narrator's voice offers occasional comment, but only toward the end of the novel does this voice speak out in a page-long denunciation of "the ruling power of this land, Stupidity," which is "a monster, a lumpish monster, like some great clumsy griffin thing, like the Crystal Palacelabyrinthodon, like Coote, like the leaden Goddess of the Dunciad, like some fat, proud flunkey, like pride, like indolence, like all that is darkening and heavy and obstructive in life.
| Author: Herbert George Wells, Edward Quilarque |
| Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Dec 11, 2017 |
| Number of Pages: 232 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1981642846 |
| ISBN-13: 9781981642847 |
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