Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton is a reprint edition published by Open Road Integrated Media on August 13, 2019, featuring 100 pages in English. This modern classic explores the life of Arthur Chipping, affectionately known as Mr. Chips, who serves as a schoolmaster at Brookfield, a second-rate public school in eastern England. The narrative spans his forty-three-year career, detailing the profound impact he has on his students amidst the backdrop of significant historical events, including the Franco-Prussian War and the First World War.
Readers will find a poignant portrayal of Mr. Chips as he navigates the challenges of teaching and personal growth, influenced by his colleagues, students, and a transformative relationship with a woman. The book delves into themes of friendship, coming of age, and the lasting effects of education, reflecting Hilton’s own experiences as a student. Goodbye, Mr. Chips remains a significant work in literary fiction, capturing the essence of a dedicated teacher’s influence on generations of boys.
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The modern classic about an idealistic British schoolmaster’s influence on his students: “A minor miracle” (The New York Times).
Throughout his forty-three-year tenure at Brookfield, “a good public school of the second rate” in eastern England, Arthur Chipping has been Mr. Chips to his students. From his unpolished first years during the Franco-Prussian War through the radical changes of the twentieth century and the outbreak of the First World War, Mr. Chips has shaped many young lives. But Chips has been inspired as well–by the unremarkable and the extraordinary alike, by his colleagues, by a woman who will change him forever, and not least, by his children, “thousands of them, all boys.”
Since it was first published in 1934 to international success, Goodbye, Mr. Chips has never been out of print. It was followed by a collection of stories, To You, Mr. Chips, and provided the basis for two award-winning feature films, a stage musical, a radio play, and two television adaptations. Based on author James Hilton’s experiences as a student at the Leys School, Cambridge, this short novel endures as a revelation of the difference one good teacher can make, and “what the better emotions do toward making people important” (Kirkus Reviews).
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