Good-Bye, Mr. Chips

James Hilton

Language: English

Publisher: David Rehak

Published: Jan 30, 1962

Description:

Mr. Hilton's classic story of an English schoolmaster.

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Review

Sentimental novel by James Hilton, published serially and in book form in 1934. The work depicts the career of a gentle schoolteacher at an English public school. Arthur Chipping ("Mr. Chips") is a middle-aged bachelor who falls in love with and marries a young woman whom he has met on a mountaineering vacation. They live happily at Brookfield School until her death, only a few years later. Mr. Chips devotes the rest of his life to educating many generations of boys. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature

About the Author

James Hilton is the bestselling author of many beloved books that also became hit movies, including Lost Horizon, Goodbye, Mr Chips and Random Harvest. He was born in Leigh, Lancashire.and passed away in 1954 in Long Beach, California.