{"product_id":"collected-stories-of-rudyard-kipling-introduction-by-robert-gottlieb-hardcover","title":"Collected Stories of Rudyard Kipling: Introduction by Robert Gottlieb - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRudyard Kipling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Gottlieb\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a young writer living in Lahore during the time of the British Raj, Rudyard Kipling (1865­-1936) was possessed by an enormous subject--India--and his genius for rendering its beauty and strangeness was even then so fully formed that we have to look to the likes of Shakespeare and Dickens to find writers equally precocious. What is even more astonishing, and what this selection of stories from across his entire career reveals, is the way that his talent grew and developed over time. The work he did toward the end of his long writing life is even better than that which marked its splendid beginnings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe forty stories collected here range across a surprising variety of subjects and techniques. Here are his superb war stories, \"Mary Postgate,\" \"The Gardener,\" and \"The Drums of the Fore and Aft,\" as well as his famous forays into horror in \"The Mark of the Beast,\" science fiction in \"With the Night Mail,\" and the ghost story in \"The House Surgeon.\" \"The Man Who Would Be King\" is an unforgettable adventure tale, \"'Love-o'-Women'\" and \"Without Benefit of Clergy\" reveal his insight into love and passion, and \"Baa Baa, Black Sheep\" is a searing revisiting of Kipling's childhood trauma. From the nightmarish allegory of \"The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes\" and the mystical visions in \"The Bridge-Builders\" to the brilliant portrait of obsession and sacrifice in his masterpiece, \"The Wish House,\" these stories showcase Kipling's remarkable narrative gifts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything about Kipling is extreme--the abundance of his talent, his precocity, his early fame and success, the variety of literary forms he mastered, the passionate admiration and loathing he evoked in critics and readers, the contradictions within him, the contradictions in the way he has been perceived, both during his life and after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India to British parents on December 30, 1865. In 1871, Rudyard and his sister, Trix, aged three, were left to be cared for by a couple in Southsea, England. Five years passed before he saw his parents again. His sense of desertion and despair were later expressed in his story \u003ci\u003eBaa Baa, Black Sheep\u003c\/i\u003e (1888), in his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Light That Failed \u003c\/i\u003e(1890), and his autobiography, \u003ci\u003eSomething of Myself \u003c\/i\u003e(1937). As late as 1935 Kipling still spoke bitterly of the \"House of Desolation\" at Southsea: \"I should like to burn it down and plough the place with salt.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt twelve he entered a minor public school, the United Services College at Westward Ho, North Devon. In \u003ci\u003eStalky\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand CO. \u003c\/i\u003e(1899) the myopic Beetle is a self-caricature, and the days at Westward Ho are recalled with mixed feelings. At sixteen, eccentric and literary, Kipling sailed to India to become a journalist. His Indian experiences led to seven volumes of stories, including \u003ci\u003eSoldiers Three \u003c\/i\u003e(1888) and \u003ci\u003eWee Willie Winkie \u003c\/i\u003e(1888). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt twenty-four he returned to England and quickly tuned into a literary celebrity. In London he became close friends with an American, (Charles) Wolcott Balestier, with whom he collaborated on what critics called a \"dime store novel.\" Wolcott died suddenly in 1891, and a few weeks later Kipling married Wolcott's sister, Caroline. The newlyweds settled in Brattleboro, Vermont, where Kipling wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle Book \u003c\/i\u003e(1895), and most of \u003ci\u003eCaptains Courageous \u003c\/i\u003e(1897). By this time Kipling's popularity and financial success were enormous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1899 the Kiplings settled in Sussex, England, where he wrote some of his best books: \u003ci\u003eKim \u003c\/i\u003e(1901), \u003ci\u003eJust So Stories \u003c\/i\u003e(1902), and\u003ci\u003ePuck of Pooks Hill \u003c\/i\u003e(1906). In 1907 he received the Nobel Prize for literature. By the time he died, on January 18 1936, critical opinion was deeply divided about his writings, but his books continued to be read by thousands, and such unforgettable poems and stories as \"Gunga Din,\" \"If,\" \"The Man Who Would Be King,\" and \"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi\" have lived on in the consciousness of succeeding generations.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 960\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.72 x 8.23 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45605543051308,"sku":"9780679435921","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/collected-stories-of-rudyard-kipling-introduction-by-robert-gottlieb-hardcover","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}