Collected Stories

Rudyard Kipling

ISBN 10: 1857151992 / ISBN 13: 9781857151992

Published by Everyman's Library, 1994

About this Item

Light rubbing on jacket and some mild wear on edges; a few small stains on front. Near fine condition inside with clean cloth covers. Seller Inventory # 1127670

Bibliographic Details

Title: Collected Stories

Publisher: Everyman's Library

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hard cover

Condition: Very good

Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

About this title

Synopsis:

This selection covers the full range of Kipling's extraordinary short stories throughout his career. Ranging in subject matter from the Indain to the Occult, from children to animals, from domestic comedy to public tragedy, each is masterly in its way. Above all, they convey a wonderful sense of life and energy and reveal Kipling as a far greater and more diverse writer than most people suspect. This is an ideal gift-book, perfect for reading in short snatches or long stretches, according to taste.

About the Author:

Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in India in 1865 to British parents, and brought up by a Portuguese ‘ayah’ (nanny) and an Indian servant, who would entertain him with fabulous stories and Indian nursery rhymes. He was sent back to England when he was seven years old, and lived in a boarding house with a couple who were cruelly strict. Fortunately he returned to India aged sixteen, to work as the assistant editor of a newspaper in Lahore. He began publishing stories and poems and eventually had great success with his book Plain Tales from the Hills. After his marriage Kipling settled in America, and it was here that he wrote The Jungle Book. He then moved with his family to England, where he wrote Just So Stories for his daughter Josephine who later tragically died of pneumonia. Rudyard Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 and died on 18 January 1936.