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Naam op titelpagina / Name on title page, Band wat verkleurd / Discolouration / / English literature / Engels / English / Anglais / Englisch / hard cover / 12 x 18 cm / 289 .pp /
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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English 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 42, 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. Kipling's subsequent reputation has changed according to the political and social climate of the age and the resulting contrasting views about him continued for much of the 20th century. George Orwell called him a "prophet of British imperialism". Literary critic Douglas Kerr wrote: "[Kipling] is still an author who can inspire passionate disagreement and his place in literary and cultural history is far from settled. But as the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognised as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced. That, and an increasing recognition of his extraordinary narrative gifts, make him a force to be reckoned with."
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The Light That Failed
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Macmillan & Co. (edition New Ed), 1940
ISBN 10: 0333328035
ISBN 13: 9780333328033
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Light That Failed
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National Speleological Society, Incorporated, 1981
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ISBN 13: 9780333328033
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Hardback. Centenary Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Only flaw to book is neat black text line to front free endpaper. DJ spine faded. 292pages. Originally published in 1891. One of Kipling's most discussed book as the ending changed dramatically between its first appearance in Lippincott's Magazine in 1890 and its publication in book form in 1891. Follows the life of painter, Dick Helder. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 323838
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Centenary edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 292 pages. Subject: Rudyard Kipling. 3 Kg. Seller Inventory # 298057
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Centenary edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 292 pages. Subject: Rudyard Kipling. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 298057
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Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Centenary Edition. No internal inscriptions, torn or missing pages. Minor wear to extremities of dust jacket. 292 pages. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Classic Literature. ISBN: 0333328035. ISBN/EAN: 9780333328033. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51822. Seller Inventory # 51822
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Centenary Edition. Hardcover. 292 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Macmillan, UK, 1981. Centenary Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Spine has slight fading. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear and minor chips and/or tears. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Novel by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1890. The book, which includes autobiographical elements, describes the youth and manhood of Dick Heldar and traces his efforts as a war correspondent and artist whose sketches of British battles in the Sudan become popular. When he returns to London, he begins painting his masterpiece, racing against time because a battle wound has caused his eyesight to progressively fail. Kipling wrote two separate endings to The Light That Failed, a happy ending for the version published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine in January 1890 and an unhappy ending for the version published in book form a few months later. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0333328035. ISBN/EAN: 9780333328033. Inventory No: 23080179. The photo of this book is of the actual book for sale. Seller Inventory # 23080179
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