It is easy for me to see why this little book, hardly more than a novella, is a literary classic. It touches on themes common to the human condition, and on scenes that most of us have played out in one form or another. It strikes chords we can all hum along with. It is a collection of passages from...
I have always loved the movie Goodbye Mr. Chips and never realized it was a short story until I came across it on Netgalley. I thought the movie was magical but it had a great base in this short story. I was able to read it in about an hour and loved every second of it!
It's the gentle story of a man who taught in a British private boys' school for many decades. I love the way Chips starts out as a very average sort of person and teacher. It's the experiences of life---the death of his wonderful wife, the tragedies of the war, the days, years spent teaching childre...
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