Rudyard Kipling

by John Leslie Palmer

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author and poet, born in Bombay, India, and best known for his works The Jungle Book (1894), The Second Jungle Book (1895), Just So Stories (1902), and Puck of Pook's Hill (1906); his novel, Kim (1901); his poems, including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), and If (1910); and his many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888) and the collections Life's Handicap (1891), The Day's Work (1898), and Plain Tales from the Hills (1888).

53 pages, Paperback

First published October 26, 2007

About the author

John Leslie Palmer was an English author. Under his own name, he wrote extensively about early English actors and about British literary figures. He also wrote fiction under the collaborative pseudonyms Francis Beeding, Christopher Haddon, David Pilgrim and John Somers.

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Reviews

[Alethea Hammer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this was a biography when I downloaded it. However it is mostly just a comprehensive critique of Kipling's work. I would have found it more interesting if his opinions about Kipling weren't so close to my own. Unfortunately it felt dull to me because it gave me nothing to argue with. It is a very short book.