Short Stories: Volume 2 Friendly Brook And Other Stories
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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From the pen of one of the English language's most decorated and versatile storytellers comes a rich collection of tales that showcases the full breadth of Rudyard Kipling's extraordinary imagination. Short Stories: Volume 2 — Friendly Brook and Other Stories gathers some of Kipling's finest shorter works, ranging from the quietly menacing rural English tale Friendly Brook, in which a swollen stream seems to conspire with the countryside's secrets, to sharply observed stories of soldiers, craftsmen, and empire that cement his reputation as a master of the short form. Kipling's prose is precise, muscular, and deeply atmospheric, capable of conjuring the mud of a Sussex field or the dust of an Indian bazaar with equal authority. His narratives frequently illuminate the codes of duty, loyalty, and the uncanny — themes that resonate as powerfully today as when they were first published. This Penguin Modern Classics edition places Kipling's work firmly within the literary canon, inviting readers to reconsider a writer of profound moral complexity whose stories reward every careful reading. Whether you are a long-time admirer or encountering his shorter fiction for the first time, this volume will leave you questioning how much of the world remains quietly, dangerously alive beneath its surface.
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Format: Paperback
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the pen of one of the English language's most decorated and versatile storytellers comes a rich collection of tales that showcases the full breadth of Rudyard Kipling's extraordinary imagination. Short Stories: Volume 2 — Friendly Brook and Other Stories gathers some of Kipling's finest shorter works, ranging from the quietly menacing rural English tale Friendly Brook, in which a swollen stream seems to conspire with the countryside's secrets, to sharply observed stories of soldiers, craftsmen, and empire that cement his reputation as a master of the short form. Kipling's prose is precise, muscular, and deeply atmospheric, capable of conjuring the mud of a Sussex field or the dust of an Indian bazaar with equal authority. His narratives frequently illuminate the codes of duty, loyalty, and the uncanny — themes that resonate as powerfully today as when they were first published. This Penguin Modern Classics edition places Kipling's work firmly within the literary canon, inviting readers to reconsider a writer of profound moral complexity whose stories reward every careful reading. Whether you are a long-time admirer or encountering his shorter fiction for the first time, this volume will leave you questioning how much of the world remains quietly, dangerously alive beneath its surface.