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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. After being left a fortune by a rich uncle, Kipps finds himself in a position to marry Helen Walshingham. His main problem is that he is uneducated, knowing next to nothing of the world of books or the manners of the society he aspires to join. Helen, together with Kipps’s mentor Chester Coote, set about the task of making him a gentleman: correcting his grammar, seeing him appropriately dressed and supervising his reading matter... But then he later realizes that it is best to be yourself. This is a story of wealth, manners, society, etiquette, class and social mobility, money, inequality and aspiration...
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Liczba stron: 544
Contents
BOOK ONE - THE MAKING OF KIPPS
I. THE LITTLE SHOP AT NEW ROMNEY
II. THE EMPORIUM
III. THE WOODCARVING CLASS
IV. CHITTERLOW
V. 'SWAPPED'
VI. THE UNEXPECTED
BOOK TWO - MR. COOTE THE CHAPERON
I. THE NEW CONDITIONS
II. THE WALSHINGHAMS
III. ENGAGED
IV. THE BICYCLE MANUFACTURER
V. THE PUPIL LOVER
VI. DISCORDS
VII. LONDON
VIII. KIPPS ENTERS SOCIETY
IX. THE LABYRINTHODON
BOOK THREE - KIPPSES
I. THE HOUSING PROBLEM
II. THE CALLERS
III. TERMINATIONS
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