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Selected Rudyard Kipling
Deep dive into the rip-roaring collection of fierce and fiery adventure tales in 'Selected Rudyard Kipling', the author of 'The Jungle Book'.
Once we've roamed the jungle in Kipling's much-loved classic, we'll follow fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne as he finds himself in dark and dangerous waters in the North Atlantic in 'Captain Courageous'.
We'll then encounter the magic of the Magna Carta in 'Puck of Pook's Hill'. But beware! Where there is money, there are liars and cheats. And gutsy greed is never far away in 'The Man who would be King' when two tycoons attempt to forge their fates.
Last but not least, in Rudyard Kipling's most famous novel 'Kim', we'll follow the trials and tribulations of an Irish orphan in India who balances both the life of a monk and a mysterious spy.
Weaving a rip-roaring collection from a mastermind novelist, 'Selected Rudyard Kipling' is the perfect companion for adventure-seeking fans of Idris Elba and Scarlett Johansson in the 2016 blockbuster hit 'The Jungle Book.
Once we've roamed the jungle in Kipling's much-loved classic, we'll follow fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne as he finds himself in dark and dangerous waters in the North Atlantic in 'Captain Courageous'.
We'll then encounter the magic of the Magna Carta in 'Puck of Pook's Hill'. But beware! Where there is money, there are liars and cheats. And gutsy greed is never far away in 'The Man who would be King' when two tycoons attempt to forge their fates.
Last but not least, in Rudyard Kipling's most famous novel 'Kim', we'll follow the trials and tribulations of an Irish orphan in India who balances both the life of a monk and a mysterious spy.
Weaving a rip-roaring collection from a mastermind novelist, 'Selected Rudyard Kipling' is the perfect companion for adventure-seeking fans of Idris Elba and Scarlett Johansson in the 2016 blockbuster hit 'The Jungle Book.
946 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 7, 2025
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Rudyard Kipling
7,016 books3,643 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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