{"product_id":"2026100009253-secondhand-good-bye-mr-chips","title":"Good-Bye, Mr. Chips","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 10th ed., (3rd in this form)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: price clipped dj. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew 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.\n\nWritten 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49219867771099,"sku":"2026100009253-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f10bee95-743b-4c2c-8a0d-a351b4d41cf0.png?v=1788482959","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009253-secondhand-good-bye-mr-chips","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}