Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. Wells, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. Read this book online for free on HackerNoon!

Discover the restlessness of adolescence as Kipps battles his ignorance, seeking deeper meaning in life through books and education

Vague memories of Kipp's mother and a faded daguerreotype haunt him as he navigates life's ups and downs.

Join Kipps on his emotional journey as he grapples with despair and hopelessness in H.G. Wells' poignant tale. Will he find the solace he seeks?

Kipps wakes up after a night out with a head and mouth that won't stop reminding him of his lost job and impending doom.

Mr. Chester Coote meets Kipps, who's recently become rich, at the Public Library. Coote is invited to Kipps' house, and they leave together.

Kipps encounters the mysterious Chitterlow, who brings an incredible coincidence into his life.

Explore a room full of books, art, and curiosity, and learn how they shape Coote's and Kipps' worldviews.

"No fear! Engineer. Manufacture bicycles." He clapped his hand to his breast pocket and produced a number of pink handbills.

Within two months, within a matter of three and fifty days, Kipps had clambered to the battlements of Heart's Desire.

All that declining summer Kipps was the pupil lover. He made an extraordinarily open secret of his desire for self-improvement

"Ann!" he said, and she, with a lifting note, "It's Art Kipps!"

London was Kipps' third world. There were no doubt other worlds, but Kipps knew only three.

Submission to Inexorable Fate took Kipps to the Anagram Tea.

"I often thought about what you said last time I saw you," said Kipps.

Honeymoons and all things come to an end, and you see at last Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kipps

Things conspired to demoralize Kipps that afternoon.

Next morning came a remarkable telegram from Folkestone. "Please come at once, urgent, Walshingham,"