Kipps (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Wells, H. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141441100 ISBN 13: 9780141441108

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world's oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells' controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0141441100
• ISBN 13: 9780141441108
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
• Herausgeber: James Professor Simon
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