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Goodbye, Mr Chips
The story of Mr. Chipping, the classics master at Brookfield School since 1870, takes readers on a beguiling journey through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sometimes Chips, as he is affectionately known, is an old man who dreams by the fire; then he's a difficult young taskmaster schooling his students, or a middle-aged man encountering the lovely Katherine, whose...more
Audio CD, 1 pages
Published
November 1st 2008
by CSA Word
(first published 2008)
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Isabel Marchevsky
Mrs. Romaniuk
Book Report #5
16 November, 2010
Goodbye, Mr. Chips:
A School of Memories
Are 10,000 children a few too many? For Mr. Chips, the old and lovable schoolteacher, he would be happy with a million boys. In this five star realistic and historical fiction by James Hilton, Mr. Chipper is a classics teacher at Brookfield, a school for boys. He is very old, but loves his job and his boys so much that he could never retire. Goodbye,...more
Isabel Marchevsky
Mrs. Romaniuk
Book Report #5
16 November, 2010
Goodbye, Mr. Chips:
A School of Memories
Are 10,000 children a few too many? For Mr. Chips, the old and lovable schoolteacher, he would be happy with a million boys. In this five star realistic and historical fiction by James Hilton, Mr. Chipper is a classics teacher at Brookfield, a school for boys. He is very old, but loves his job and his boys so much that he could never retire. Goodbye,...more
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This is a wonderful little pick up and read book. Mr. Chips represents the type of teacher everyone hopes to get – caring and funny. He also doesn’t skimp on the education, with tough standards and no allowance for slacking. This is a great heartfelt read on the Victorian era schooling as it was brutally thrust into the horrors of World War I and how one man dealt with it as he watched boys he loved die and tried to preserve the school he’d come to love. I can see how this could be made into a w...more
A classic! Every teacher should read this.
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