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A very enjoyable read you'd love to slurp in a single sitting. Thanks for the reco Arpit. Catching up with the classics Jun 19, Sara Saif rated it really liked it Shelves: Reading books when they're part of your curriculum takes all the fun out of the experience and whatever effect the book is supposed to have on you is lost as you spend day after day analyzing the story and finding answers to questions.

I think it's safe to say that while reading this, it wasn't like that at all. I became completely engrossed with the story and was always a few chapters ahead of the rest of the class.

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I remember reading the story, sitting on one of the back seats, ignoring Reading books when they're part of your curriculum takes all the fun out of the experience and whatever effect the book is supposed to have on you is lost as you spend day after day analyzing the story and finding answers to questions. I remember reading the story, sitting on one of the back seats, ignoring what the teacher was telling us with no one but my best friend aware of what I was doing.

It's sad and funny and emotional and totally worth it. Dec 14, Mohsen M. I saw the film some time ago, and as it turns out it was an excellent adaptation — very faithful to this sweet, sad, warm little book. I don't want it to sound like a criticism when I say I have little to say about it beyond that sweet, sad, warm ; it isn't. I enjoyed it very much, though about halfway through the nostalgia became melancholy despite Chips's perennial good humor, and I needed a break from even so short a book.

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If nothing else what I'm going to remember strongly about Goodbye, Mr I saw the film some time ago, and as it turns out it was an excellent adaptation — very faithful to this sweet, sad, warm little book. If nothing else what I'm going to remember strongly about Goodbye, Mr. Chips is the picture of the old man not ill, mind, just tired sitting by his fire with sudden and unexpected tears pouring down his face. The characters are remarkably alive; the setting is vivid; the period — especially the Great War — is made real. Chips — rather belatedly — joins the ranks of teachers I wish I'd had, teachers who actually care about what they're doing and about their pupils: Schattan was wonderful; I have no use for anyone who came after.

This is a lovely, bittersweet, poignant brief story of a life well-lived, of a full and rich life which had an impact — a positive impact — and which left a beautiful legacy. You can't ask for much more than that. I have mixed feelings about this short novel. It's a very effective turn of the century 19thth romance about a dedicated schooteacher. More than that, it's one of a triptych of short novels by James Hilton, over-the-top romances all of them, that I first read in high school and were made into sappy but well-produced movies in the 30's and 40's: These more-or-less set the tone for Hollywood tearjerkers, and did the deed better than most, i I have mixed feelings about this short novel.

These more-or-less set the tone for Hollywood tearjerkers, and did the deed better than most, including lots of cheeky British humor, this gelaned from Mr Hilton's novels too. So, as far as romances go, Mr Chips is fine. What bothers me about it, especially as I'm reading it, is that anyone would write a romance centered around an English boys public school. That's one environment that doesn't seem to bring up nostalgic fondness, at least as far as I am familiar with it.

There are Mr Chips's out there I'm sure, but they fly in the face of the odds, or so it would seem to me. Chips is a charming tale of an English schoolmaster whose life, at first glance, seems to be rather mundane and lackluster.

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Chipping appears to be going through life as an average teacher, never to achieve any greater standing. He realizes that he will never be a headmaster or win the admiration of his fellow teachers or of his students. He thinks that he is hardly noticed and that he certainly will not be remembered. But sometimes, fate steps in, and often, a person is not able Goodbye, Mr. But sometimes, fate steps in, and often, a person is not able to judge his own worth.

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This short novel is filled with humor, wise anecdotes, and pathos. A timeless classic, this is a story to be read and enjoyed time and again. I loved the movie as a kid but after reading the novelette. I was less impressed with the book. The plot mirrors the times and traditions of such institutions during that period which were based largely on class a Mr.

The plot mirrors the times and traditions of such institutions during that period which were based largely on class and its privileges. Chips, changes with maturity and outside influence. Katherine is a much younger, more intelligent, and compassionate person than Chips. She opens his view of the world. He becomes more human. This might be one of those rare instances where the movie is better than the book. View all 6 comments. Feb 14, Zarish Fatima rated it it was amazing Shelves: Read this book in syllabus during second year.

But i really like it. Chips character, he was not extraordinary or intelligent in anyway. But his life mattered he made a difference. He was orthodox man but he was not extremist. He was kind and understood the value of life. I think it was one of the best, simple and enlightening books. A poignant tale- slow paced ,No dramatics, Still so sweet. Dec 27, Chad Bearden rated it really liked it Shelves: I think the biggest thing Mr. Chips going against him is the hyperbolic praise heaped upon him by the various publishers who have sought to capitalize on his completely fabricated impact on readers across the globe.

Its not as though I can think of any examples, but I'm fairly certain that Chips is not the most beloved teacher to ever occupy the halls of literature, as the cover of my edition of this book would have you believe. If you go into this book with that inflated expectation, you'll pro I think the biggest thing Mr.

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If you go into this book with that inflated expectation, you'll probably find yourself confused when you get to its schmatzy, yet still touching conclusion. You see, "Good-Bye, Mr. Chips" is not the earth-shattering glimpse into the inspirational life of teachers, so much as it is the quaint look into the waning years of an unassuming man who set out, once upon a time, to do his best in his chosen profession which just happens to be teaching , and at the end of the day, looks back and realizes that it was all rather satifying.

As a teacher myself, I can say there are a few feel-good moments to which I can relate, and even felt a little glow of pride that maybe one day I could be a Chips-like figure roaming the halls of my campus with my eccentric ways that students might make fun of, but only in a good-natured sort of way, because hey, its Chips! We have no idea what he does, and his classes may not be our favorite, but gee, he sure is an intersting and nice enough guy. The fact that nearly three quarters a century of his life is covered in less than pages should tell you that there is no heavy reading here.

In this manner, its almost a sad account of the way we all pass on, and in spite of our contributions to society, chances are no one will remember or care once you're gone. Viewed in this light, "Good-Bye, Mr. Chips" is surprisingly more thought-provoking than it has any right to be. James Hilton who also wrote the far more densly written action yarn, "Lost Horizon" shows an impressively light touch, barely coming down out of the clouds long enough to paint any kind of thorough picture of Chips, and yet leaving you with, for me anyway, a solid characterization that carries more weight than the deft prose would seem to suggest.

A skyscraper built out of feathers. Chips" is not the ground-breaking ode to teachers that some of the hype would suggest, but it is a brief read that leaves you with a sense of melancholy and a good sense of a good man who does a good job at his calling. Mar 09, Travis rated it liked it.

Seems to be many parallels to the date of publishing to the present. One would be how different generations evolve with those young and old, with each holding to their own beliefs and ideas. I thought it a poignant moment when Mr. Chips, in his later years, became filled with emotion to the point of tears. And that the then and the now are no different in this regard; a man's tears are still construed as weakness.

Hilton's prose delivered a contradiction to this perspective on the Seems to be many parallels to the date of publishing to the present. Hilton's prose delivered a contradiction to this perspective on the subject of weakness by demonstrating the value and strength Mr.

He showed strength to stand boldly on his beliefs knowing it went against the grain of society, he held the discipline to be true to self, and through wisdom and perspective became moved to share empathy with mankind. Chips' character, I found to be endearing. Sep 11, Aisha Saqib rated it did not like it. Apart from all these little annoyances, the book has no point, imean who wants to hear the whole boring story of a guy whos would have won the boring emmy if there was one!!!

Although the lazy curriculum-makers of intermediate studies in Pakistan have killed this book for generations of Pakistanis by keeping it in the curriculum for the past five decades, to those who truly love literature and don't confuse spouting the names of obscure books with 'reading', this one is a great delight.

In the very datedness of the character and the environs it describes lies its principal charm. Each time I have read this book, I have shed copious tears, and to me, personally, that Although the lazy curriculum-makers of intermediate studies in Pakistan have killed this book for generations of Pakistanis by keeping it in the curriculum for the past five decades, to those who truly love literature and don't confuse spouting the names of obscure books with 'reading', this one is a great delight.

They live happily at Brookfield School until her death, only a few years later. Chips devotes the rest of his life to educating many generations of boys. We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind.

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Chips novel by Hilton. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Learn More in these related Britannica articles: His novella Goodbye, Mr. Chips was published in the British Weekly in and became enormously popular after it was reprinted in the Atlantic Monthly in the United States that same year.

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Over the years, old boys wrote to Geoffery Houghton, a master at The Leys and a historian of the school, confirming the links between Chipping and Balgarnie, who eventually died at Porthmadog at the age of Chips, Balgarnie was a strict disciplinarian, but would also invite boys to visit him for tea and biscuits. Hilton wrote upon Balgarnie's death that "Balgarnie was, I suppose, the chief model for my story. When I read so many other stories about public school life, I am struck by the fact that I suffered no such purgatory as their authors apparently did, and much of this miracle was due to Balgarnie.

In Hilton's final novel, Time and Time Again , protagonist Charles Anderson bears clear biographical similarities to Hilton himself. DeMille was first broadcast on November 20, Barbara Burnham adapted the book for a stage production in three acts, which was first performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 23 September , with Leslie Banks as Mr. Chips and Constance Cummings as his wife Katherine. A stage musical based on the original novel, but using most of the Leslie Bricusse vocal score of the film, was mounted at the Chichester Festival and opened on 11 August JAY-jay Records also have a release of it.

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While some of the incidents depicted in the various screen adaptations do not appear in the book, this film is generally faithful to the original story. The exteriors of the buildings of the fictional Brookfield School were filmed at Repton School , [12] [13] an independent school at the time of filming, for boys only , located in the village of Repton , in Derbyshire , in the Midlands area of England, whilst the interiors, school courtyards and annexes, including the supposedly exterior shots of the Austrian Tyrol Mountains, were filmed at Denham Film Studios , [14] near the village of Denham in Buckinghamshire.

Around boys from Repton School stayed on during the school holidays so that they could appear in the film. In it was adapted as a television serial by the BBC. It starred Roy Marsden and Jill Meager and ran for six half-hour episodes. Many scenes were filmed at Repton School , Derbyshire, in an effort to remain faithful to the original film.

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