- Hardcover
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton; Reprint edition (1935)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1135731497
- ISBN-13: 978-1135731496
- ASIN: B0008C569A
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.7 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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A lesson in characterisation
April 4 1999
Format:Library Binding
Short but sweet, this virtue is a rarity.
It is a treat to observe how the author has described Mr Chips in such a subtle manner while telling a story that the reader does not notice it, unless he or she consciously pays attention to Hilton's masterful characterisation.
The best part about the length of this book is that one can read and reread it many times to fully appreciate its underlying quality.
Sadly disappointing
Jun 22 2004
Format:Hardcover
I had hoped for very good things from this book, but the good things are just too thin, such as they are, and too far between. Chips has a narrow world-view and is completely out of touch with most everything. He is married briefly and his wife dies. He retires in 1913 but cannot bear to move away from the boys school where he has taught so many years. His life seems to be taken up by staring across at the school and reading detective novels. It is hardly enough to sustain a reader's interest.
During the World War he returns to the school temporarily, while the faculty is thinned out by army recruitment. During all this, he seems almost proud of his ignorance in such things as movies, popular music, etc. The only part I found interesting was Chips' tribute to a former teacher who taught German at the school, the man having been killed in the German army.
Hilton also wrote several short stories featuring Mr. Chips, but they are no better.
My opinion of Good-bye Mr. Chips
Nov 25 2002
Format:Library Binding
Good-bye Mr. Chips was a good book for short, recreational reading.
Mr. Chips is an elderly man who tells about his life as a school teacher.
He also tells all about his wife, whom he loved very much, but whom died an early death.
Through out the book the stories of the past are told by Mr. Chips as he sits in his chair drinking tea. He is very kind and
he loves the boys at the school.
Mr. Chips is an elderly man who tells about his life as a school teacher.
He also tells all about his wife, whom he loved very much, but whom died an early death.
Through out the book the stories of the past are told by Mr. Chips as he sits in his chair drinking tea. He is very kind and
he loves the boys at the school.
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Good-Bye Mr. Chips
Good-Bye Mr. Chips is a short story about a man named Authur Chips. He is a headmaster at a school named Brookfield. Mr. Read more
Published on Nov 24 2002
What's the good in good-bye? - Good-Bye Mr.Chips
I just read Good-Bye Mr.Chips and I thought that it was a decent book. It was about an older man who had been a schoolmaster at an all boys school. The school was very reputable. Read more
Published on Nov 24 2002 by Lindsey
unabashedly sentimental
When we were kids, our grandparents used to take us to Radio City Music Hall for the movie and Christmas Pageant every year. Read more
Published on Oct 13 2000 by Orrin C. Judd
Sad/Good/Boaring
Good Bye Mr. Chips was one of those in between kinda books. It was very sad, but good and lots of romance. Read more
Published on Sep 3 2000 by Kelly
I shouldn't even give the book that much credit!
Mr. Chips was such a bore! The timezones are all mixed up, ad Mr. Chips' life is all mixed up between the chapters. I had to read it for a report in 8th grade! IEIEIEIEI! Read more
Published on Mar 2 2000
A sober, beautifully crafted romance!
Those who dont like this book may as well stop living in this world - the beauty of the world os not for them. Read more
Published on Feb 20 2000
Someone You Should Know
Good-bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton is a portrait of an aging man who has mostly good memories about life as a teacher. Read more
Published on Dec 8 1999 by BEN FITCHKO
The biggest waist of 3 minutes I ever spent
If you start reading this book and it feels like your reading nothing, well your probably already finished reading it. Read more
Published on Mar 4 1999
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