The Portable Kipling

The Portable Kipling

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A Penguin Classic The Portable Kipling contains selections from The Jungle Books and Soldiers Three ; more than twenty stories, including " The Man Who Would Be King ," " The Cat that Walked by Himself ," " The Eye of Allah ,"and the unsettling " Mary Postgate" ; 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.

Author: Rudyard Kipling
Format: Paperback, 736 pages, 132mm x 196mm, 578 g
Published: 1982, Penguin Putnam Inc, United States
Genre: Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous

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A Penguin Classic The Portable Kipling contains selections from The Jungle Books and Soldiers Three ; more than twenty stories, including " The Man Who Would Be King ," " The Cat that Walked by Himself ," " The Eye of Allah ,"and the unsettling " Mary Postgate" ; 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.