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Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1905. It was reportedly Wells's own favourite among his works, [1] and it has been adapted for stage, cinema and television productions, including the musical Half a Sixpence .
Kipps (US title The Remarkable Mr. Kipps) is a 1941 British comedy-drama film adaptation of H. G. Wells 's 1905 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Carol Reed [1] and stars Michael Redgrave as a draper's assistant who inherits a large fortune. [2] The film's costumes were designed by Cecil Beaton. [3]
The original musical of Half a Sixpence, based on the novel Kipps by H. G. Wells, featured music and lyrics by David Heneker and book by Beverley Cross. The musical was written as a star vehicle for British pop star Tommy Steele who performed the role of Kipps originally in London in 1963, Broadway in 1965 and in the 1967 film adaptation.
Jan 3, 2021 · Kipps (1905) by H. G. Wells. →. sister projects: Wikipedia article, Wikidata item. Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1905. Humorous yet sympathetic, this perceptive social novel is generally regarded as a masterpiece, and was the author's own favourite work. KIPPS.
Orphaned at an early age, raised by his aunt and uncle, and apprenticed for seven years to a draper, Artie Kipps is stunned to discover upon reading a newspaper advertisement that he is the grandson of a wealthy gentleman - and the inheritor of his fortune.
CHAPTER II THE EMPORIUM §1. When Kipps left New Romney, with a small yellow tin box, a still smaller portmanteau, a new umbrella, and a keepsake half-sixpence, to become a draper, he was a youngster of fourteen, thin, with whimsical drakes' tails at the poll of his head, smallish features, and eyes that were sometimes very light and sometimes very dark, gifts those of his birth; and by the ...
The Remarkable Mr. Kipps: Directed by Carol Reed. With Philip Frost, Michael Redgrave, Diana Wynyard, Diana Calderwood. Kipps, the draper's apprentice, falls in love with a girl above his station. After he unexpectedly inherits a fortune, he thinks his dream has come true.
Complete summary of H. G. Wells' Kipps. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Kipps.
Arthur Kipps, a simple soul who knows that there was something mysterious about his birth. Reared by an aunt and uncle, he spends a bleak childhood. After seven years of...
Nov 12, 2012 · Kipps. H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) Arthur Kipps, an orphaned draper’s assistant of humble means, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and that is when all his troubles begin. Wanting to marry above his social class, he has to learn how to lead a genteel life, but that is too much for him.
