Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips, novel by James Hilton, published serially and in book form in 1934. The work depicts the career of Mr. Chipping, a gentle schoolteacher at an English public school. Mr. Chips—the name is bestowed by his students—is a middle-aged bachelor who falls in love with and marries a young woman whom he has met on a mountaineering vacation. They live happily at Brookfield School until her death, only a few years later. Mr. Chips devotes the rest of his life to educating many generations of boys.
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
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17 May 2021
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November 13, 2026