Kipling's Poems: Plain Tales From the Hills and Others

by Rudyard Kipling, Wallace Rice (Introduction)

Kipling's Plain Tales From the Hills and Others is a collection of poems by the renowned author Rudyard Kipling. The book features a variety of Kipling's works, including his famous Plain Tales From the Hills, a collection of short stories set in British India. The poems in this collection explore themes such as love, war, and adventure, and are written in Kipling's signature style, which is known for its vivid imagery and powerful storytelling. The book is a must-read for fans of Kipling's work, as well as anyone interested in classic poetry and literature.1907. A selection of poetry by Kipling, English short-story writer, novelist and poet, who celebrated the heroism of British colonial soldiers in India and Burma. He was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. This volume contains all the verses by Kipling originally printed in Departmental Ditties and Barrack-Room Ballads. It also brings together for the first time the various titles of Plain Tales from the Hills, Soldiers Three, In Black and White, American Notes, Mine Own People, The Courting of Dinah Shadd, The story of the Gadsbys, The City of Dreadful Night, Under the Deodars, The Phantom Rickshaw, Wee Willie Winkie, and The Light That Failed. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

276 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was a journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.

Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). His poems include Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The Gods of the Copybook Headings (1919), The White Man's Burden (1899), and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".

Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, at the age of 41, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, both of which he declined.

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author."

Kipling kept writing until the early 1930s, but at a slower pace and with much less success than before. On the night of 12 January 1936, Kipling suffered a haemorrhage in his small intestine. He underwent surgery, but died less than a week later on 18 January 1936 at the age of 70 of a perforated duodenal ulcer. Kipling's death had in fact previously been incorrectly announced in a magazine, to which he wrote, "I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers."