Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul

by H. G. Wells, Sheila Williams (Foreword by)

Overview

Young Artie Kipps is desperate to escape the world of retail trade. Embarking on self-improvement, he allows first a lady and then an unexpected legacy to turn his head and ruin him. But the rum paradoxically manages to save him. H.G. Wells pokes fun at a whole gallery of social pretensions from high society to middle class snobbery in this witty portrait of a draper's assistant bent on acquiring refinement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781680570915
Publisher:	WordFire Press
Publication date:	10/15/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	403
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

H.G. Wells (1866-1946): Herbert George Wells was born on September 21st, 1866, in Bromley, England to working class parents. He struggled with poor health, and at age seven a broken leg left him bedridden. During this time, he read numerous books that introduced him to different worlds and stoked in him a desire to write. In his early teens, he was employed as a draper's assistant, but he disliked the work and quit three years later. Deciding to teach, Wells struggled to continue school, ultimately winning a scholarship to the Normal School of Science. He continued to write. In 1895, he became an overnight literary sensation with the publication of The Time Machine, followed by such classics as The War of the Worlds, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The First Men in the Moon. For roughly 50 years, Wells was a prolific writer whose visionary works reflected his interests in social class and reform, economic disparity, and progressive ideas such as evolution. Wells held tolerant ideas about sexuality and love. He married twice, was involved in many affairs, and had children with four women across his lifetime.Many of his concepts for the future came to pass, such as the advent of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, satellite television, and even the World Wide Web. Some call him "the Father of Futurism," though he is more commonly known as "the Father of Science Fiction." Wells died of unspecified causes on August 13, 1946 in his home at age 79. In his preface to The War in the Air (1941 edition), Wells stated that his epitaph should read, "I told you so. You damned fools."

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1866

Date of Death:

August 13, 1946

Place of Birth:

Bromley, Kent, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Normal School of Science, London, England