Just So Stories - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617205893 ISBN 13: 9781617205897

Verlag: SMK Books, 2012

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A classic collection of imaginative animal tales in which Rudyard Kipling invents playful origins for the camel's hump, the elephant's trunk, the leopard's spots, and other memorable wonders. Written in a voice that is at once mischievous, musical, and unmistakably his own, these stories remain among the most enduring works in children's literature, combining fanciful explanation with verbal charm and a strong read-aloud quality. First published in the early twentieth century, Just So Stories stands at the meeting point of folklore, bedtime storytelling, and literary classic. Kipling's narratives are rich with repetition, rhythm, and comic invention, making them especially effective for family reading while also preserving their place as a landmark of English juvenile fiction. This edition offers the complete tales in a clear, accessible format for modern readers.

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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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: SMK Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1617205893
• ISBN 13: 9781617205897
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 78
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