Author: | H. G. Wells | ISBN: | 9781411459700 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | July 26, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
Author: | H. G. Wells |
ISBN: | 9781411459700 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
Publication: | July 26, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
Language: | English |
Wells moves close to home in this 1905 Dickensian social satire. Kipps is a lowly draper until he inherits a fortune. But money doesn’t buy mobility, for Kipps has yet to learn the rules of upper-class behavior. One of Wells’s best novels, it was the basis for the hit musical Half a Sixpence.
Wells moves close to home in this 1905 Dickensian social satire. Kipps is a lowly draper until he inherits a fortune. But money doesn’t buy mobility, for Kipps has yet to learn the rules of upper-class behavior. One of Wells’s best novels, it was the basis for the hit musical Half a Sixpence.