Rudyard Kipling

Broschiertes Buch

The Works Of Rudyard Kipling

Plain Tales From The Hills, With A Biographical Sketch (1899)

Beschreibung

""The Works of Rudyard Kipling: Plain Tales from the Hills, with a Biographical Sketch (1899)"" is a collection of short stories by the famous English author Rudyard Kipling. The book includes a biographical sketch of the author, which provides readers with insight into Kipling's life and influences. The collection of short stories, set in the British Raj era in India, explores the lives of various characters, including British colonizers and Indian natives, and delves into themes such as love, betrayal, and cultural conflict. The stories are written in Kipling's signature style, which is characterized by vivid descriptions, witty dialogue, and a keen understanding of human nature. This book is a must-read for fans of Kipling's work and anyone interested in the history and culture of India during the British Raj era.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Autor

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". 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9781120343185
• ISBN-10: 1120343186
• Artikelnr.: 27852306