Plain Tales From The Hills, By Rudyard Kipling (World's Classics): Joseph R...

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Plain Tales From The Hills, By Rudyard Kipling (World's Classics): Joseph Rudyard KiplingISBN13:9781535362542ISBN10:1535362545Author:Kipling, Rudyard (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - Plain Tales From The Hills (Published 1888) Is The First Collection Of Short Stories By Rudyard Kipling Out Of Its 40 Stories, Eight-And-Twenty, According To Kipling's Preface, Were Initially Published In The Civil And Military Gazette In Lahore, Punjab, British India, Between November 1886 And June 1887 The Remaining Tales Are, More Or Less, New (Kipling Had Worked As A Journalist For The Cmg-His First Job-Since 1882, When He Was Not Quite 17 ) The Title Refers, By Way Of A Pun On Plain As The Reverse Of Hills, To The Deceptively Simple Narrative Style; And To The Fact That Many Of The Stories Are Set In The Hill Station Of Simla-The Summer Capital Of The British Raj During The Hot Weather Not All Of The Stories Are, In Fact, About Life In The Hills Kipling Gives Sketches Of Many Aspects Of Life In British India The Tales Include The First Appearances, In Book Form, Of Mrs Hauksbee, The Policeman Strickland, And The Soldiers Three (Privates Mulvaney, Ortheris And Learoyd) 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; 3] 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 Rudyard Kipling Was Born On 30 December 1865 In Bombay, In The Bombay Presidency Of British India, To Alice Kipling (N E Macdonald) And John Lockwood Kipling Alice (One Of Four Remarkable Sisters) Was A Vivacious Woman About Whom Lord Dufferin Would Say, Dullness And Mrs Kipling Cannot Exist In The Same Room Lockwood Kipling, A Sculptor And Pottery Designer, Was The Principal And Professor Of Architectural Sculpture At The Newly Founded Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School Of Art In Bombay Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2016-07-19Weight:0.68 lbsDimensions:0.32'' H x 10'' L x 7.99'' WNumber of Pages:148Language:English

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