Something of Myself: For My Friends Known and Unknown (Dodo Press) - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406574015 ISBN 13: 9781406574012

Publisher: Dodo Press, 2008

Synopsis

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a British 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 his novel, Kim (1901). Among his short stories are "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 art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best work speaks to a versatile and luminous narrative gift. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in English, in both prose and verse, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English language writer to receive the prize, and he remains today its youngest-ever recipient. Among other honours, he was offered the British Poet Laureateship and a knighthood, both of which he refused.

About this title

About the Author:

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in India but came to England as a child. He is perhaps best remembered for his children's books 'Just So Stories' and 'The Jungle Book', and for his novel 'Kim'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dodo Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1406574015
• ISBN 13: 9781406574012
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144