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Goodbye, Mr. Chips

novel by Hilton
Also known as: ā€œGood-bye, Mr. Chipsā€
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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. Chipsā€”the name is bestowed by his studentsā€”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.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by J.E. Luebering.