Kipps

has remained more or less constantly in print since it was first published in 1905 and was one of Wells’ best-selling novels in his lifetime.

Arthur Kipps is raised by his uncle and aunt in New Romney, where he befriends the children next door, Sid and Ann Pornick. After finishing school, Kipps is sent away to be apprenticed to a draper. Inspired by a paragraph in the magazine Tit-Bits, he and Ann divide a sixpence between them as a keepsake.

Arthur Kipps is raised by his uncle and aunt in New Romney, where he befriends the children next door, Sid and Ann Pornick. After finishing school, Kipps is sent away to be apprenticed to a draper. Inspired by a paragraph in the magazine

Tit-Bits

, he and Ann divide a sixpence between them as a keepsake.

Kipps is poorly treated and barely

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Citation: James, Simon John. "Kipps". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 October 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4223, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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