Soldier Stories - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1445531321 ISBN 13: 9781445531328

Verlag: Macnutt Press, 2016

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A collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling describing the British Colonial Rule in India, together with a description of British, Indian culture and society. Contents include: With the Main Guard; The Drums of the Fore and Aft; The Man Who Was; The Courting of Dinah Shadd; The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvany, TheTaking of Lungtungpen, and The Madness of Private Ortheris. Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was a seminal English writer of short stories, novelist, and poet. He is most famous for his poems concerning British soldiers in India and his wonderful children's stories. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition with a new introductory biography of the author.

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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a British author and poet best known for his works set in India, including The Jungle Book, Kim and Plain Tales from the Hills. Born in Bombay, British India, Kipling spent the first six years of his life in India before being sent to England to attend boarding school. His experiences of being torn between two cultures would later inform his writing, particularly in depiction of colonialism and its impact on both the colonized and the colonizers. Kipling began his writing career as a journalist, working for several newspapers in India and later in England. He quickly gained popularity for his vivid descriptions of life in India and his ability to capture the complexities of the region's diverse cultures. Kipling's first major literary success came with the publication of Plain Tales from the Hills (1888), a collection of short stories set in British India that showcased his gift for storytelling. However, it was Kipling's children's literature that would bring him international fame and acclaim. The Jungle Book, a collection of short stories and poems about animals in the Indian jungle, was published in 1894 and remains one of his most famous works. The book was an immediate success, and its enduring popularity has inspired numerous adaptations, including films, television series and stage productions.

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• Verlag: Macnutt Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1445531321
• ISBN 13: 9781445531328
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 234
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