The Portable Kipling (Viking portable library) - Softcover

Howe, Irving; Kipling, Rudyard

 
9780140150971: The Portable Kipling (Viking portable library)

Synopsis

A Penguin Classic

The Portable Kipling contains selections from The Jungle Books and Soldiers Three; more than twenty stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King," "The Cat that Walked by Himself," "The Eye of Allah,"and the unsettling "Mary Postgate"; more than fifty poems; and three essays. The volume also includes a complete chronology and a critical introduction by Irving Howe that permits us to see the formal achievements of Kipling's work as well as to enjoy its abundant pleasures--not least of which is the sheer satisfaction of great storytelling.

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About the Author

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in India, although educated in England. He was a prolific writer and recognized as a genius. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. His many books for children includeJust So Stories and Kim.

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9780670413737: The Portable Kipling: 2 (The Viking portable library)

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ISBN 10:  0670413739 ISBN 13:  9780670413737
Publisher: Viking Adult, 1982
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