Hilton James - Goodbye Mr Chips The Heart - Warming Classic That Inspired Three Film Adaptations - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A tiny catch - in - the - throat story perfectly done New Yorker One of the most endearing creations of modern fiction Telegraph Mr Chipping is a quiet unassuming teacher at Brookfield Grammar School. Wholly conventional he never veers from his established routines. Until that is he meets Katherine who charms him and his students and teaches Mr Chipping that education is about more than just the hours spent in the schoolroom. As his love for Katherine blooms Mr Chipping develops a sense of humour and a broad view of his role as a teacher and a friend to his students becoming the beloved Mr Chips to generations of schoolboys. Sweeping across four decades Goodbye Mr Chips features an extraordinary period of history from the Franco - Prussian War of the 1870s to Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s and demonstrates that through it all love and a good sense of humour can make all the difference. Goodbye Mr Chips is the beloved classic of generations of readers and sure to delight people of all ages.
Title: Goodbye Mr Chips The Heart - Warming Classic That Inspired Three Film Adaptations
Author(s): Hilton James
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Barcode: 9781473640559
Pages: 128 Pages
Publication Date: 1/7/2025
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction