Rudyard Kipling
(1865-1936)
By the time England's King Edward assumed the throne in 1901, Rudyard Kipling was already well-established as a man of letters. Although his best work undoubtedly hails from the late-Victorian period, Kipling produced several important works during the Edwardian age. One of these is the famous jungle novel Kim (1901). Other titles include Traffics and Discoveries (1904), Puck of Pook's Hill (1906), and Actions and Reactions (1909). Kipling's prose and verse are noted for their intense British nationalism, which sometimes makes him unpalatable to American readers, though this quality is amply offset by the genuine merit of the work itself. Kipling has a Romantic side to his nature, but he is more often a realist. Some of his stories take on a cynical aspect of the world which can be quite caustic to those on the receiving end of his observations. But when all is said, there are few authors who can hold their own against him in versatility and craftsmanship. He has a rare ability to pierce behind the veneer of civilized life and lay bare the true motives and intents of the actors therein. Aside from his popularity in prose, Kipling's verse sold quite as well. Of late years he has become somewhat less popular due to some of his social and political views. Howbeit, his Jungle Book (1894) remains one of the most frequently read and adapted children's books of all time.
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Bibliography:
Schoolboy Lyrics [p|1881]
Echoes (w Beatrice KIPLING) [1884]
7846,& Departmental
Ditties.. [p|1886/86/88/90]
In Black And White [s|1888]
1858 Plain
Tales From The Hills [s|1888/89/90/99]
2806 The
Phantom 'Rickshaw'.. [s|1888]
6120 Soldiers
Three [2v|s|1888/90]
2821,& The
Story Of The Gadsbys [s|1888]
2828 Under
The Deodars [s|1888]
Wee Willie Winkie.. [s|1888]
The Courting Of Dinah Shadd.. [s|1890]
Departmental Ditties, Barrack-Room Ballads.. [p|1890]
The City Of Dreadful Night.. [n|1891]
2876,Q The
Light That Failed [f|1891/91]
His Private Honour [s|1891]
5777 Life's
Handicap [s|1891]
Letters Of Marque [n|1891]
The Smith Administration [s|1891]
Mine Own People [s|1891]
2819 Ballads
And Barrack-Room Ballads [p|1892/93]
# The
Naulahka (w Wolcott BALESTIER) [f|1892]
# Many
Inventions [s|1893]
236,DWO The
Jungle Book [s|1894]
The Rhyme Of True Thomas [p|1894]
1937 The
Second Jungle Book [s|1895]
Out Of India [n|1895]
The Seven Seas [p|1896]
323 Verses
1889-1896 [p|1896?]
Recessional [p|1897]
Mulvaney Stories [s|1897]
2227 Captains
Courageous [f|1897]
2138 The
Day's Work [?v|s|1898/1907]
8147,Q The
Man Who Would Be King [s|1898]
Mandalay [p|1898]
The Drums Of The Fore And Aft [s|1898]
The Betrothed [p|1899]
Departmental Ditties, and Ballads And Barrack-Room Ballads [p|1899]
3006,D
Stalky & Co [s|1899]
Black Jack [s|1899]
Without Benefit Of Clergy [s|1899]
From Sea To Sea.. [2v|e|1899]
The Brushwood Boy [s|1899]
977 American
Notes [n|1899]
Recessional.. [p|1899]
Poems, Ballads.. [p|1899]
Belts [p|1899]
Cruisers [p|1899]
A Fleet In Being [n|1899]
2226,DQ Kim
[f|1901]
The Reformer [p|1901]
The Lesson [p|1901]
Railway Reform In Great Britain [s|1901]
2781,& Just
So Stories For Little Children [s|1902]
The Five Nations [p|1903]
9790 Traffics
And Discoveries [s|1904]
The Muse Among The Motors [p|1904]
The Army Of A Dream [n|1904]
They [s|1904]
15976 Puck
Of Pook's Hill [s|1906]
The Sons Of Martha [p|1907]
Letters To The Family [n|1908]
The City Of Brass [p|1909]
Cuckoo Song [p|1909]
A Patrol Song [p|1909]
A Song Of The English [p|1909]
Abaft The Funnel [s|1909]
2381 Actions
And Reactions [s|1909]
556 Rewards
And Fairies [s|1910]
If [p|1910]
A History Of England (w Charles R L FLETCHER) [n|1911]
The Declaration Of London [p|1911]
The Spies' March [p|1911]
Three Poems [p|1911]
15529 Songs
From Books [p|1912]
An Unrecorded Trial [p|1913]
For All We Have And Are [p|1914]
The Children's Song [p|1914]
The New Army (In Training) [n|1914]
12454 France
At War [n|1915]
The Fringes Of The Fleet [n|1915]
17689 Sea
Warfare [n|1916]
Tales Of 'The Trade' [n|1916]
How Shakespeare Came To Write 'The Tempest [n|1916]
13085 A
Diversity Of Creatures [s|1917]
A Nativity [p|1917]
The Years Between [p|1918]
A Pilgrim's Way [p|1918]
The Eyes Of Asia [n|1918]
The Irish Guards [n|1918]
'The Finest Story In The World'.. [s|1918]
The Supports [p|1919]
The Years Between [p|1919]
The Gods Of The Copybook Headings [p|1919]
The Scholars [p|1919]
Great-Heart [p|1919]
The Graves Of The Fallen [n|1919]
12089 Letters
Of Travel, 1892-1913 [n|1920]
The Feet Of The Young Men [n|1920]
Danny Deever [p|1921]
The King's Pilgrimage [p|1922]
Land And Sea Tales For Scouts And Guides (aka: ..Boys & Girls) [n|1923]
The Irish Guards In The Great War (ed) [2v|n|1923]
Kipling Calendar [1923]
London Stone [1923]
London Town [n|1923]
Address At University College, Dundee, October 12, 1923 [n|1923]
Chartres Windows [p|1925]
A Choice Of Songs [p|1925]
The Art Of Fiction [n|1926]
# Debits
And Credits [s|1926]
Sea And Sussex [p|1926]
A Rector's Memory [p|1926]
A Book Of Words [e|1928]
Supplication Of The Black Aberdeen [p|1929]
The Church That Was At Antioch [p|1929]
The Tender Achilles [p|1929]
Unprofessional [p|1930]
The Day Of The Dead [p|1930]
# Thy
Servant A Dog, Told By Boots [s|1930]
Beauty Spots [s|1931]
Neighbours [p|1932]
The Storm Cone [p|1932]
His Apologies [p|1932]
Mary Kingsley [n|1932]
# Limits
And Renewals [s|1932]
The Pleasure Cruise [s|1933]
The Fox Meditates [p|1933]
To The Companions [p|1933]
Souvenirs Of France [n|1933]
Bonfires On The Ice [p|1933]
Collected Dog Stories [s|1934]
Proofs Of Holy Writ [n|1934]
Ham And The Porcupine [s|1935]
Teem [s|1935]
Our Lady Of The Sackcloth [p|1935]
Hymn Of The Breaking Strain [p|1935]
The Maltese Cat [s|1936]
Something Of Myself For My Friends Known And Unknown [a|1937]
Toomai Of The Elephants [f|1937]
'Thy Servant A Dog'.. [s|1938]
Doctors, The Waster, The Flight, Cain And Abel, & The Appeal [p|1939]
Rudyard Kipling's Verse [p|1940]
Brazilian Sketches [n|1940]
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