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Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

Born 30 December 1865 · Died 18 January 1936

From Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Nationality: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Writes fiction and nonfiction

Wikipedia

Rudyard Kipling was a British author and poet. Born in Bombay, in British India, he is best known for his works of fiction "The Jungle Book" (1894). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature.

Quotes

  • “I’ve just read that I’m dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.”
    Letter to a magazine that had mistakenly published the announcement of his death
  • “The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you’ll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
    pp. 5-8
  • “It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is “Run and find out,” and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.”
    The Jungle Book
  • “The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool!”
    Plain Tales from the Hills
  • “I am the cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.”
    Just So Stories

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Books by Rudyard Kipling in order

Books by Rudyard Kipling in the order they were published, from Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) to Rewards and Fairies (1910).

  1. 1Plain Tales from the HillsPlain Tales from the Hills1888
  2. 2Departmental Ditties, and Other VersesDepartmental Ditties, and Other Verses1890
  3. 3The Light That FailedThe Light That Failed1890
  4. 4Life's HandicapLife's Handicap1891
  5. 5Kipling's Rikki-Tikki TaviKipling's Rikki-Tikki Tavi1893
  6. 6The Jungle BookThe Jungle Book1894
    What's in it (14)
  7. 7The Jungle Book. The Second Jungle BookThe Jungle Book. The Second Jungle Book1895
  8. 8The Second Jungle BookThe Second Jungle Book1895
  9. 9Captains Courageous. A Story of the Grand BanksCaptains Courageous. A Story of the Grand Banks1897
  10. 10The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard KiplingThe Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling1897
    What's in it (25)
  11. 11The Day's WorkThe Day's Work1898
  12. 12The Man Who Would Be KingThe Man Who Would Be King1898
  13. 13Departmental Ditties and Other Verses, Vol. IDepartmental Ditties and Other Verses, Vol. I1899
  14. 14Stalky & CoStalky & Co1899
    What's in it (8)
  15. 15The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost StoriesThe Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories1899
  16. 16The Elephant's ChildThe Elephant's Child1900
  17. 17KimKim1901
  18. 18Just So StoriesJust So Stories1902
    What's in it (12)
  19. 19Just so Stories for Little ChildrenJust so Stories for Little Children1902
  20. 20Traffic and DiscoveriesTraffic and Discoveries1904
    What's in it (11)
  21. 21Puck of Pook's HillPuck of Pook's Hill1906
  22. 22Actions and ReactionsActions and Reactions1909
  23. 23IfIf1910
  24. 24Rewards and FairiesRewards and Fairies1910

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