{"product_id":"the-portable-kipling-paperback","title":"The Portable Kipling - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRudyard Kipling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIrving Howe\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Portable Kipling contains selections from \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle Books and Soldiers Three\u003c\/i\u003e; more than twenty stories, including \"\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Would Be King\u003c\/i\u003e,\" \"\u003ci\u003eThe Cat that Walked by Himself\u003c\/i\u003e,\" \"\u003ci\u003eThe Eye of Allah\u003c\/i\u003e,\"and the unsettling \"\u003ci\u003eMary Postgate\"\u003c\/i\u003e; more than fifty poems; and three essays. The volume also includes a complete chronology and a critical introduction by Irving Howe that permits us to see the formal achievements of Kipling's work as well as to enjoy its abundant pleasures--not least of which is the sheer satisfaction of great storytelling.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRudyard Kipling\u003c\/b\u003e (1865-1936) was born in Bombay in 1865. During his time at the United Services College, he began to write poetry, privately publishing \u003ci\u003eSchoolboy Lyrics\u003c\/i\u003e in 1881. The following year he started work as a journalist in India, and while there produced a body of work, stories, sketches, and poems --including \"Mandalay,\" \"Gunga Din,\" and \"Danny Deever\"--which made him an instant literary celebrity when he returned to England in 1889. While living in Vermont with his wife, an American, Kipling wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJust So Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKim\u003c\/i\u003e--which became widely regarded as his greatest long work, putting him high among the chronicles of British expansion. Kipling returned to England in 1902, but he continued to travel widely and write, though he never enjoyed the literary esteem of his early years. In 1907, he became the first British writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 687\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 1982\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137493536903,"sku":"9780140150971","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d60bf2bd1f4e5c8be8c3b35b160aeabb.webp?v=1732697952","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-portable-kipling-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}