Kipps - Couverture souple

Wells, H. G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141441100 ISBN 13 : 9780141441108

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2005

Synopsis

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. Thrown dramatically into the upper classes, he struggles desperately to learn the etiquette and rules of polite society. But as he soon discovers, becoming a 'true gentleman' is neither as easy nor as desirable as it at first appears.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world's oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells' controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0141441100
• ISBN 13: 9780141441108
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: James Professor Simon
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