Kim - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594629072 ISBN 13: 9781594629075

Publisher: Book Jungle, 2007

Synopsis

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 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

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"A work of positive genius, as radiant all over with intellectual light as the sky of a frosty night
with stars."
--"The Atlantic Monthly"

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

" A work of positive genius, as radiant all over with intellectual light as the sky of a frosty night
with stars." -- "Atlantic Monthly"

About the Author

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 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". --Wikipedia

Edition details

• Publisher: Book Jungle
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594629072
• ISBN 13: 9781594629075
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384