Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipps Release date is 2012-03-16
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"Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul" by H. G. Wells is a novel published in 1905. Arthur Kipps, an orphaned shop boy, unexpectedly inherits a fortune that thrusts him into unfamiliar social circles. As he struggles to navigate class expectations and remake himself into a gentleman, Kipps must choose between social ambition and authentic happiness. This comedy of manners explores whether wealth truly elevates or simply complicates a simple soul's life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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