The Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (eBook)

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in Bombay, but educated in England at the United Services College, Westward Ho, Bideford. In 1882 he returned to India, where he worked for Anglo-Indian newspapers. His literary career began with Departmental Ditties (1886), but subsequently he became chiefly known as a writer of short stories. A prolific writer, he achieved fame quickly. Kipling was the poet of the British Empire and its yeoman, the common soldier, whom he glorified in many of his works, in particular Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) and Soldiers Three (1888), collections of short stories with roughly and affectionately drawn soldier portraits. His Barrack Room Ballads (1892) were written for, as much as about, the common soldier. In 1894 appeared his Jungle Book, which became a children’s classic all over the world. Kim (1901), the story of Kimball O’Hara and his adventures in the Himalayas, is perhaps his most felicitous work. Other works include The Second Jungle Book (1895), The Seven Seas (1896), Captains Courageous (1897), The Day’s Work (1898), Stalky and Co. (1899), Just So Stories (1902), Trafficks and Discoveries (1904), Puck of Pook’s Hill (1906), Actions and Reactions (1909), Debits and Credits (1926), Thy Servant a Dog (1930), and Limits and Renewals (1932). During the First World War Kipling wrote some propaganda books. His collected poems appeared in 1933. Kipling was the recipient of many honorary degrees and other awards. In 1926 he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Literature, which only Scott, Meredith, and Hardy had been awarded before him. Rudyard Kipling died on January 18, 1936. This collection features the following works: Novels 1. Captains Courageous 2. Kim 3. The Light that Failed 4. The Naulahka Short Stories Collections 1. A Diversity of Creatures 2. Actions and Reactions 3. The Day’s Work 4. Debits and Credits 5. The Eyes of Asia 6. In Black and White 7. Land & Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides 8. Life’s Handicap 9. Limits and Renewals 10. Many Inventions 11. Mine Own People 12. The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales 13. Plain Tales from the Hills 14. Puck of Pook’s Hill 15. Soldiers Three 16. Stalky & Co. 17. The Story of the Gadsbys 18. Thy Servant a Dog 19. Traffics and Discoveries 20. Under the Deodars 21. Wee Willie Winkie & Other Child Stories Poetry Collections 1. A Song of the English 2. An Almanac of Twelve Sports 3. Ballads 4. Barrack-Room Ballads 5. Departmental Ditties and Other Verses 6. The Five Nations 7. The Muse Among the Motors 8. The Seven Seas 9. The Years Between Children’s Collections 1. The Jungle Book 2. Just So Stories for Little Children 3. Rewards and Fairies 4. The Second Jungle Book Travel Collections 1. Among the Railway Folk 2. From Sea to Sea 3. The Giridih Coal-Fields 4. Letters of Marque 5. Letters of Travel 6. Souvenirs of France Military Collections 1. A Fleet in Being 2. France at War 3. The Irish Guards in the Great War 4. The New Army in Training 5. Sea Warfare Non-Fiction 1. A Book of Words 2. American Notes 3. Something of Myself