Kipps

Description:

Partly based on Wells’ own experiences as a young man this novel centres on an orphan who becomes apprenticed to a draper. Bored with his humdrum existence of living and working in a drapers, Kipps’ life changes radically when he inherits a fortune from a previously unknown relative. However more troubles occur when he attempts to emulate the people he encounters in upper class society.

subjects: Fiction,  Young men,  Working class,  Orphans,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author),  England, fiction,  Fiction, historical, general,  Comedy,  Name,  Orphans -- Fiction,  Working class -- Fiction,  England -- Fiction,  Bildungsromans,  Young men -- Fiction,  Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction

Places: England

Times: 1900's