  We introduce a family of quantum field theories for fields carrying monopole
and dipole charges. In contrast to previous realizations, fields have quadratic
two-derivative kinetic terms. The dipole symmetry algebra is realized in a
discretized internal space and connected to the physical space through a
background gauge field. We study spontaneous symmetry breaking of dipole
symmetry in 1+1 dimensions in a large-$N$ limit. The trivial classical vacuum
is lifted by quantum corrections into a vacuum which breaks dipole symmetry
while preserving monopole charge. By means of a Hubbard-Stratonovich
transformation, heat-kernel and large-$N$ techniques, we compute the effective
action for the low-energy modes. We encounter a fractonic immobile
Nambu-Goldstone mode whose dispersion characteristics avoid
Coleman-Hohenberg-Mermin-Wagner theorem independently of the large-$N$ limit.
