Good-Bye, Mr. Chips
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 10th ed., (3rd in this form)
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: price clipped dj.
Few novellas have captured the quiet dignity of a life devoted to others with the tenderness and grace of James Hilton's Good-Bye, Mr. Chips. Set against the backdrop of a traditional English public school, the story chronicles the long, fulfilling life of Arthur Chipping — Mr. Chips — a beloved Latin master whose career spans decades of British history, from the Victorian era through the upheaval of the First World War. Through the gentle accumulation of memory and moment, Hilton presents a portrait of a man who, though outwardly unremarkable, becomes the very heart and soul of Brookfield School, shaping countless generations of boys with patience, dry wit, and an unwavering sense of duty. Written with an economy of prose that belies its extraordinary emotional depth, this deceptively slim volume stands as one of the great sentimental masterworks of 20th-century British fiction. Hilton's style is warm yet restrained, suffused with a bittersweet nostalgia that reflects the broader anxieties of an England caught between tradition and modernity. The themes of legacy, love, loss, and the quiet heroism of the everyday resonate far beyond the schoolroom walls — leaving the reader to wonder whether the greatest lives are not those lived loudly, but those felt most deeply by the people left behind.
Author: James Hilton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1939, Hodder & Stoughton
Genre: Classic fiction
Edition: 10th ed., (3rd in this form)
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: price clipped dj.
Few novellas have captured the quiet dignity of a life devoted to others with the tenderness and grace of James Hilton's Good-Bye, Mr. Chips. Set against the backdrop of a traditional English public school, the story chronicles the long, fulfilling life of Arthur Chipping — Mr. Chips — a beloved Latin master whose career spans decades of British history, from the Victorian era through the upheaval of the First World War. Through the gentle accumulation of memory and moment, Hilton presents a portrait of a man who, though outwardly unremarkable, becomes the very heart and soul of Brookfield School, shaping countless generations of boys with patience, dry wit, and an unwavering sense of duty. Written with an economy of prose that belies its extraordinary emotional depth, this deceptively slim volume stands as one of the great sentimental masterworks of 20th-century British fiction. Hilton's style is warm yet restrained, suffused with a bittersweet nostalgia that reflects the broader anxieties of an England caught between tradition and modernity. The themes of legacy, love, loss, and the quiet heroism of the everyday resonate far beyond the schoolroom walls — leaving the reader to wonder whether the greatest lives are not those lived loudly, but those felt most deeply by the people left behind.