Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his children's books, including 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). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the...
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 - January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his children's b...
This volume contains a collection of essays and verse on the topic of sea warfare, written by Rudyard Kipling. It is both a factual account of nautical maneuvers during World War One, and a poetic masterpiece. "Sea Warfare" is highly recommended for fans and collectors of Kipling s work, providing a truly fascinating insight into Kipling's lesser known works. The essays of this collection include: "The Fringes of the Fleet" (1915), "Tales of The Trade" (1916), and "Destroyers at Jutland" (1916). Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) was a seminal English short-story writer, novelist, and poet....
This volume contains a collection of essays and verse on the topic of sea warfare, written by Rudyard Kipling. It is both a factual account of nautica...
In the thick of a jungle in India, a little boy is playing with wolf cubs. Mother wolf is there watching them together. She says to the little boy, "Mowgli, be careful, you could hurt yourself." So begins the tale of Mowgli and his friends in The Jungle Book. Mowgli, as an infant had been found by the wolf in the jungle; she had brought him up just as she had brought up her own cubs. Mowgli, still a boy played with all the animals in the jungle. He had many friends; Bhaloo, the bear. Bhagera, the panther and his many monkey friends. But Sher Khan, the tiger, was no friend....
In the thick of a jungle in India, a little boy is playing with wolf cubs. Mother wolf is there watching them together. She says to the little boy, "M...
This new volume of The Letters of Rudyard Kipling, fully annotated, is one of six volumes which form the first comprehensive publication of Kipling's letters. The letters are varied and interesting in themselves, and provide the means for a greatly enlarged understanding of Kipling's life and works. This volume focuses on Kipling's life through the post-war decade of the 1920s.
This new volume of The Letters of Rudyard Kipling, fully annotated, is one of six volumes which form the first comprehensive publication of Kipling's ...
This new volume of The Letters of Rudyard Kipling, fully annotated, is the last of six volumes which form the first comprehensive publication of Kipling's letters, and covers the last five years of his life. This volume also contains a comprehensive index to all six volumes of the edition.
This new volume of The Letters of Rudyard Kipling, fully annotated, is the last of six volumes which form the first comprehensive publication of Kipli...
Though Kipling always denied any critical intent, his letters, speeches and stories are full of comments on writing and writers. This collection, including many previously unpublished private letters and papers, reveal a mind intensely concerned with questions of literary value. Kipling became an important spokesperson for segments of the reading public central to Britain's imperial expansion. He profoundly influenced English literary language and our perception of English national character. This book offers new access to and understanding of the private and public history of a still...
Though Kipling always denied any critical intent, his letters, speeches and stories are full of comments on writing and writers. This collection, incl...
Kipling's letters, never before collected and edited and largely unpublished, are now presented in an annotated edition based on the more than 6,000 letters preserved in public and private collections all over the world. Planned in an edition of four volumes, the Letters reveal Kipling with a fullness and immediacy of detail unmatched by any other source. The first two volumes present the first half of Kipling's life, down to the end of the nineteenth century. They show the remarkable transformation of the young schoolboy into the seasoned Indian journalist, and the even more remarkable...
Kipling's letters, never before collected and edited and largely unpublished, are now presented in an annotated edition based on the more than 6,000 l...
Kipling's letters, never before collected and edited and largely unpublished, are now presented in an annotated edition based on the more than 6,000 letters preserved in public and private collections all over the world. Planned in an edition of four volumes, the Letters reveal Kipling with a fullness and immediacy of detail unmatched by any other source. The first two volumes present the first half of Kipling's life, down to the end of the nineteenth century. They show the remarkable transformation of the young schoolboy into the seasoned Indian journalist, and the even more remarkable...
Kipling's letters, never before collected and edited and largely unpublished, are now presented in an annotated edition based on the more than 6,000 l...
Rudyard Kipling, a major figure of English literature, used the full power and intensity of his imagination and his writing ability in his excursions into fantasy. This masterwork collection features all of Kipling's fantastic fiction, ranging from traditional ghostly tales to psychological horror.
Rudyard Kipling, a major figure of English literature, used the full power and intensity of his imagination and his writing ability in his excursions ...
First collected in 1892, these famous poems by Kipling portray the experiences of soldiers sent around the world to defend the British Empire--all for little pay and less appreciation. This edition features a new Introduction and Annotations by Andrew Lycett. Original.
First collected in 1892, these famous poems by Kipling portray the experiences of soldiers sent around the world to defend the British Empire--all for...