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Kipling Selection #2
Kipling: A Selection of His Stories and Poems Volume II
Includes over 25 of Kipling's most famous stories and over 50 of his poems, as well as his autobiographical "Something of Myself," his last written work intended for publication.
505 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1956
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About the author
Rudyard Kipling
7,167 books3,674 followersJoseph 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."
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."
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May 1, 2020
Rikki-Tiki Ravi was one of my favorites growing up. This has been on the family bookshelves since I was a kid.
December 6, 2008
He's such a good writer and so much of what he writes is timeless, that I get surprised when there is a reference to an item that I don't recognize. It's usually something that no longer has a place in our world.
He said his goal was to write stories that would introduce new worlds to people, and could be read at all ages. I feel he succeeded.
This book also contained an autobiography that made me like him even more. His sense of humor carries the day.
Caveat- you've got to have a tolerance for reading about the life of a foot soldier. He's very familiar with it and writes about it a lot. And some of the poems in dialect are difficult, but some are quite entertaining.
He said his goal was to write stories that would introduce new worlds to people, and could be read at all ages. I feel he succeeded.
This book also contained an autobiography that made me like him even more. His sense of humor carries the day.
Caveat- you've got to have a tolerance for reading about the life of a foot soldier. He's very familiar with it and writes about it a lot. And some of the poems in dialect are difficult, but some are quite entertaining.
February 10, 2012
Finding the whole thing delightful. I am also reading the Tarzan books and was amused to find a paragraph about them in this book. Kipling suggested, probably rightfully so, that Rice Burroughs "borrowed" the idea from his Jungle Books. Of all the borrowers he thought that Tarzan was the most genius of them.
August 5, 2008
I didn't really like the stories all that much but the autobiography was fun
March 28, 2012
Good book, good writer very bizarre....I like it!
January 29, 2013
Love Kipling's writing!!!
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