H G Wells

Kipps

The Story of a Simple Soul. Laufzeit ca. 704 Minuten. Sprache: Englisch.

MP3-CD

EAN 9798874745844

Veröffentlicht April 2024

Verlag/Hersteller Blackstone Publishing

Übersetzer Vorgelesen von Tim Dehn

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Beschreibung

Artie Kipps is destined at the tender age of fourteen for a life of drudgery in the drapery trade ... until he unexpectedly inherits a fortune from a grandfather he never knew existed!
Enter:
A whisky-drinking actor and playwright who persuades Kipps to invest in his play!
A down-on-their-luck mother and daughter who promptly see Kipps as a means to escape their (comparative) poverty!
Plenty of patronizing, unthinking social snobs! ...
And the stage is set for inevitable disaster as Kipps, stumbling uncomprehendingly through the English class system, is fleeced of his fortune.
But all is not lost. Despite the allure of wealth and class ambitions, Kipps has never quite forgotten his childhood sweetheart. Through Kipps's endearing bewilderment and simplicity of thought, Wells makes us both laugh and cry as the two re-unite and ...
... but you'll have to listen to the story to find out how it all ends!

Portrait

Herbert George Wells was born on September 21, 1866, in Bromley, England to a working-class family. His first novel, The Time Machine, was an instant success and Wells produced a series of science fiction novels which pioneered ideas of the future. His later work focused on satire and social criticism. Wells' socialist views are evident in his Outline of History; his writings forecasted the rise of major cities and suburbs, economic globalization, and aspects of future military conflicts. Wells died in 1946.