Goodbye, Mr. Chips

"Goodbye, Mr. Chips" is an acknowledged masterpiece, holding a unique and enduring place in world literature.

It was also made into a film starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson winning the Oscar for Best Film in 1939.

In this complete and unabridged audio version the listener is taken on a beguiling journey; the life and times of Mr. Chipping, classics master at Brookfield school since 1870.

Sometimes Chips is an old man, dreaming by the fire.

Then, a diffident young master taking 'prep' for the first time or middle-aged and encountering Katherine, whose 'new woman' opinions create far-reaching changes in him.

Hilton's masterly narrative interweaves a heart-wrenching love story with the jokes and uncertain world emerge, full of conflict and upheaval, far beyond the turrets of Brookfield.