Good-Bye, Mr. Chips
by:
James Hilton (author)
Full of enthusiasm, young English schoolmaster Mr. Chipping came to teach at Brookfield in 1870. It was a time when dignity and a generosity of spirit still existed, and the dedicated new schoolmaster expressed these beliefs to his rowdy students. Nicknamed Mr. Chips, this gentle and caring man...
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Full of enthusiasm, young English schoolmaster Mr. Chipping came to teach at Brookfield in 1870. It was a time when dignity and a generosity of spirit still existed, and the dedicated new schoolmaster expressed these beliefs to his rowdy students. Nicknamed Mr. Chips, this gentle and caring man helped shape the lives of generation after generation of boys. He became a lege
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Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart
Pages no: 126
Edition language: English
Good-Bye, Mr. Chips is considered a classic of sorts, but not in the orbit of Dickens or Jane Austen. I don't believe I ever read it back in the old days. Basically it's about a guy, Mr. Chipping—fondly referred to as "Chips" to his students—who becomes a school master (teacher) at a second-rank "p...
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!
Its a magical book..believe me.. if you are sort of nostalgic person and you are emotionally attached with your old belongings...give this book a hand and i guarantee, you will not be disappointed. I love reading it from the very first word till the last ..I don't know if any of you have read this o...
Rating: 4.75* of fiveThe Book Report: Old Mr. Chipping, nearing ninety and still telling his hoary old jokes from sixty years ago to the newbies at Brookfields school, spends his last few days on earth wandering among the many well-furnished rooms in his head. We see the events of his entire career ...
13 years ago
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