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The complete works of Rudyard Kipling
annotated with concise introductions to the novels and other works* illustrated with images of how the novels first appeared, giving your Kindle a taste of the original texts* ALL the novels and each with their own contents table* THE JUNGLE BOOK and other popular collections are fully illustrated* all of the short stories, with excellent formatting, and contents tables* rare short story collections like ABAFT THE FUNNEL – first time in digital print* includes all of Kipling’s non-fiction war writings – spend hours exploring Kipling’s studies of World War I – many available in no other collection* EVEN includes Kipling’s poetry with special contents table – find that special poem quickly!* the rare history textbook Kipling contributed to for schools* the fully illustrated war text THE GRAVES OF THE FALLEN which Kipling was commissioned to write by the British Government* packed full of images relating to Kipling’s life, works, places and film adaptations* scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Kipling’s immense oeuvrePlease we aim to provide the most comprehensive author collections available to Kindle readers. Sadly, it’s not possible to guarantee an absolutely ‘complete’ works, due to US copyright restrictions on 5 minor story collections, speeches and the autobiography. However, we do ensure our customers that every possible major text and a wealth of other material are included. If you feel a significant text is missing, please contact us via our website. We are dedicated to developing and enhancing our eBooks, which are available as free updates for customers who have already purchased them. Rudyard Kipling is a paramount literary figure, having created an impressive corpus of work as varied as treasured children’s classics, compelling novels, beautiful poetry and critical non-fiction war writings. This eBook offers readers the unique opportunity of exploring this prolific writer’s work in a manner never before possible - ALL in one file. The edition includes every Kipling novel, almost every short story, poem, non-fiction text and many bonus NovelsTHE LIGHT THAT FAILEDTHE NAULAHKA, A STORY OF WEST AND EASTCAPTAINS COURAGEOUSKIMThe Shorter FictionTHE CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHTQUARTETTEPLAIN TALES FROM THE HILLSSOLDIERS THREE AND OTHER STORIESUNDER THE DEODARSTHE PHANTOM RICKSHAW AND OTHER EERIE TALESWEE WILLIE WINKIE AND OTHER CHILD STORIESLIFE'S HANDICAPMANY INVENTIONSTHE JUNGLE BOOKTHE SECOND JUNGLE BOOKTHE DAY'S WORKSTALKY & CO.JUST SO STORIES FOR LITTLE CHILDRENTRAFFICS AND DISCOVERIESPUCK OF POOK'S HILLACTIONS AND REACTIONSABAFT THE FUNNELREWARDS AND FAIRIESA DIVERSITY OF CREATURESThe Short StoriesCHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIESALPHABETICAL LIST OF SHORT STORIESThe Travel WritingFROM SEA TO SEA – LETTERS OF 1887-1889AMERICAN NOTESLETTERS OF 1892-1913SOUVENIRS OF FRANCEBRAZILIAN SKETCHESThe PoetryLIST OF THE COMPLETE POETRYThe Non-FictionA FLEET IN BEINGA HISTORY OF ENGLANDTHE NEW ARMY IN TRAININGFRANCE AT WARTHE FRINGES OF THE FLEETSEA WARFARETHE WAR IN THE MOUNTAINSTHE GRAVES OF THE FALLENTHE IRISH GUARDS IN THE GREAT WA
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First published January 1, 1894
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Rudyard Kipling
6,968 books3,622 followersJoseph Rudyard Kipling was a journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.
Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). His poems include Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The Gods of the Copybook Headings (1919), The White Man's Burden (1899), and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".
Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, at the age of 41, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, both of which he declined.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author."
Kipling kept writing until the early 1930s, but at a slower pace and with much less success than before. On the night of 12 January 1936, Kipling suffered a haemorrhage in his small intestine. He underwent surgery, but died less than a week later on 18 January 1936 at the age of 70 of a perforated duodenal ulcer. Kipling's death had in fact previously been incorrectly announced in a magazine, to which he wrote, "I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers."
Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888). His poems include Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), The Gods of the Copybook Headings (1919), The White Man's Burden (1899), and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".
Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, at the age of 41, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date. He was also sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, both of which he declined.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author."
Kipling kept writing until the early 1930s, but at a slower pace and with much less success than before. On the night of 12 January 1936, Kipling suffered a haemorrhage in his small intestine. He underwent surgery, but died less than a week later on 18 January 1936 at the age of 70 of a perforated duodenal ulcer. Kipling's death had in fact previously been incorrectly announced in a magazine, to which he wrote, "I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers."
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December 11, 2024
I have only read one short story so far but will come back here, to read more and my highlights and notes will be attached here but stories under title. So far it is get navigational wise, actually the best with that regards and no errors yet. I like the Delphi series and always look for it when I want a collection by an author, some are not perfect but I find on a whole the best, IMO.
February 4, 2025
"...Poetry or a novella"
Yeah, 5 stars, why not, according to my grading standard, it gets a 5 if I really enjoyed it but wouldn't recommend it to everyone. Poetry is a strange one, especially a collection of poems, sometimes it's odd to just read a whole handful of little things in a row, similar to short stories, but...shorter. (It was like reading through all the Psalms in like one go, it was kind of exhausting). But, all that preamble aside, I think Kipling had a real command of the English language and it really shows in the poetry. I've also never read anything he's written, but I'm very familiar with the story of both "The Jungle Book" and "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi". I like poems because they're abstract, often just painting a picture of a moment, rather than telling a story. Or, they use some well known historical event, person or place, to create a very distinct mood or image of that thing. I really like that. I didn't love every poem, and sometimes his usage of "Britishisms" (dropping the "H" at the start of words, dropping consonants and the ends of words, made it sometimes difficult to read it in the meter it was going for, but that's just me personally).
There were some real standouts though.
"Cold Iron" was great, with this opening line:
"Gold is for the mistress–silver for the maid"–
Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade!"
"Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall,
"But Iron–Cold Iron–is master of them all."
"Puck's Song" was a personal favorite:
"See you our little mill that clacks,
So busy by the brook?
She has ground her corn and paid her tax
Ever since Domesday Book.
See you our stilly woods of oak,
And the dread ditch beside?
O that was where the Saxons broke
On the day that Harold died.
See you the windy levels spread
About the gates of Rye?
O that was where the Northmen fled,
When Alfred's ships came by."
Good stuff. I would recommend checking them out if you find any of the descriptors I provided intriguing. I look forward to checking out some of his works.
Yeah, 5 stars, why not, according to my grading standard, it gets a 5 if I really enjoyed it but wouldn't recommend it to everyone. Poetry is a strange one, especially a collection of poems, sometimes it's odd to just read a whole handful of little things in a row, similar to short stories, but...shorter. (It was like reading through all the Psalms in like one go, it was kind of exhausting). But, all that preamble aside, I think Kipling had a real command of the English language and it really shows in the poetry. I've also never read anything he's written, but I'm very familiar with the story of both "The Jungle Book" and "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi". I like poems because they're abstract, often just painting a picture of a moment, rather than telling a story. Or, they use some well known historical event, person or place, to create a very distinct mood or image of that thing. I really like that. I didn't love every poem, and sometimes his usage of "Britishisms" (dropping the "H" at the start of words, dropping consonants and the ends of words, made it sometimes difficult to read it in the meter it was going for, but that's just me personally).
There were some real standouts though.
"Cold Iron" was great, with this opening line:
"Gold is for the mistress–silver for the maid"–
Copper for the craftsman cunning at his trade!"
"Good!" said the Baron, sitting in his hall,
"But Iron–Cold Iron–is master of them all."
"Puck's Song" was a personal favorite:
"See you our little mill that clacks,
So busy by the brook?
She has ground her corn and paid her tax
Ever since Domesday Book.
See you our stilly woods of oak,
And the dread ditch beside?
O that was where the Saxons broke
On the day that Harold died.
See you the windy levels spread
About the gates of Rye?
O that was where the Northmen fled,
When Alfred's ships came by."
Good stuff. I would recommend checking them out if you find any of the descriptors I provided intriguing. I look forward to checking out some of his works.
March 2, 2014
I didn't really finish the ENTIRE works, but read Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book, and the short stories, as well as most of the poems. I'll get back to some more later. :)
March 23, 2022
Just to be clear I have not read the whole of this book and I don’t intend to. I acknowledge the tremendous impact Kipling had on literature and the amusing nature of much of his work, but his attitudes to colonialism and particularly Indians under the Raj are, to use a piece of jargon, “deeply problematic”, that is they are old fashioned, in parts offensive and I don’t like them.
I borrowed this Kindle Unlimited version specifically to read “A Walking Delegate” a short story. This is mentioned in William Steinhoff’s 1975 book, The Road to 1984” as being one of the stories that George Orwell (who was a Kipling fan) would have read.
“Walking delegate” is a long disused term for a trades union official who goes from place to place signing up and encouraging members. In this case a new horse in the back pasture in a Vermont farm tries to inflame the other horses to revolution or at least some resistance to being oppressed by humans. They essentially tell him to push off. The story is a commentary on the state of US labour relations as Kipling saw them at the time. The horses speak to each other in a peculiar accent said to be that of Vermont and can be understood by the humans that own them. It struck me because of the obvious link to Animal Farm where animals actually do oust the farmer, albeit led by pigs not horses, and is a direct parody of Stalinist USSR. Also there are loud echos of the less well known (these days) horses (“Houyhnhnms”) in the final part of Swift’s wonderful satire “Gulliver’s Travels” which Orwell would also have read.
The use of speaking animals in satire and parody goes back before Swift and Kipling but these examples of work that Orwell certainly read and enjoyed are very illuminating as background to one of his two truly great works.
I borrowed this Kindle Unlimited version specifically to read “A Walking Delegate” a short story. This is mentioned in William Steinhoff’s 1975 book, The Road to 1984” as being one of the stories that George Orwell (who was a Kipling fan) would have read.
“Walking delegate” is a long disused term for a trades union official who goes from place to place signing up and encouraging members. In this case a new horse in the back pasture in a Vermont farm tries to inflame the other horses to revolution or at least some resistance to being oppressed by humans. They essentially tell him to push off. The story is a commentary on the state of US labour relations as Kipling saw them at the time. The horses speak to each other in a peculiar accent said to be that of Vermont and can be understood by the humans that own them. It struck me because of the obvious link to Animal Farm where animals actually do oust the farmer, albeit led by pigs not horses, and is a direct parody of Stalinist USSR. Also there are loud echos of the less well known (these days) horses (“Houyhnhnms”) in the final part of Swift’s wonderful satire “Gulliver’s Travels” which Orwell would also have read.
The use of speaking animals in satire and parody goes back before Swift and Kipling but these examples of work that Orwell certainly read and enjoyed are very illuminating as background to one of his two truly great works.
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March 8, 2023This volume probably should be Goodreads/Kindle linked to https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5..., not to the present data-less blank-cover unpaginated (on the Goodreads end) object it is. (Actually no, that’s his complete works, not available in the US, my mistake.) The only reason I don’t just change volume on this end for counting convenience is because when I make and synchronize an inline comment on Kindle I use Goodreads to see what the corresponding linked version is, and right now it’s not that, alas.
August 28, 2022
I like to visit this volume when it’s content is referenced in it other texts. Most of the most referenced novels and poems are quite clear in my mind, but it is always helpful to reread his works when referenced as supporting material on other works.
October 7, 2018
Well, what an interesting author Rudyard Kipling is. I chose Kipling as my specialist author for this year. Looking at his works over all, Kiplings style is very easy, in parts descriptive, but not to the extent of Turgenev or Dickens, he describes the environment, but, not to its fullest extent.
For those who read Kipling’s well known works such as The Man who would be King, Kim, The Jungle Book and The Just So Stories, I can recommend Puck of Pook Hill, Captain Courageous and his horror stories like The Mark of the Beast. They are truly excellent and well worth to read.
Through Kiplings life he returned to what he fondly called ‘The Three Musketeers’ revolving around the lives of three officers Learoyd, Mulvarey and Otheris. Like so many of his works based on the British Army in India were actually quite boring, tiring and tedious to read, some quite uncomfortable to get through for the usage of his language. However, he was born into a different time of a white British man born in India at the time of the Raj.
Kiplings other stories focus on animals, mythology, the environment, some very entertaining, but after a while they all blend into the same.
For many Kipling will always be a contentious author for the use of his language and the time period he was born into. I feel, for those who read beyond his main works will be a contentious and divided author for time to come.
For those who read Kipling’s well known works such as The Man who would be King, Kim, The Jungle Book and The Just So Stories, I can recommend Puck of Pook Hill, Captain Courageous and his horror stories like The Mark of the Beast. They are truly excellent and well worth to read.
Through Kiplings life he returned to what he fondly called ‘The Three Musketeers’ revolving around the lives of three officers Learoyd, Mulvarey and Otheris. Like so many of his works based on the British Army in India were actually quite boring, tiring and tedious to read, some quite uncomfortable to get through for the usage of his language. However, he was born into a different time of a white British man born in India at the time of the Raj.
Kiplings other stories focus on animals, mythology, the environment, some very entertaining, but after a while they all blend into the same.
For many Kipling will always be a contentious author for the use of his language and the time period he was born into. I feel, for those who read beyond his main works will be a contentious and divided author for time to come.
November 23, 2018
I must confess. I am a huge fan of Mr. Kipling. As a matter of fact, I'd be a soldier in his army. I say this to indicate that I may possess a slight bias in my analysis. That said.......This work is excellent.
I didn't read the whole thing, as I intend for it to be my companion as I go through and because it's enormous, this time around I read the autobiography and some of the poems. He has a lightness and humor with which he conveys his all to serious opinions. How work with words is simply poetic, like a love affair where both lovers are completely in sync. As a story teller he is engaging, and while the content comes across lightly due to his deft touch, it is no less true and meaningful for it.
I didn't read the whole thing, as I intend for it to be my companion as I go through and because it's enormous, this time around I read the autobiography and some of the poems. He has a lightness and humor with which he conveys his all to serious opinions. How work with words is simply poetic, like a love affair where both lovers are completely in sync. As a story teller he is engaging, and while the content comes across lightly due to his deft touch, it is no less true and meaningful for it.
March 10, 2022
Complete but Clumsy
There needs to be a Search feature for individual works. As it is, you must know the book a story or poem appeared in before you can find it. For example, if you do not know that "The Eye of Allah" is in "Debits and Credits," You're in for a bit of searching. This is probably why a previous reviewer claimed "The Man Who Would Be King" isn't present; he probably didn't know the parent work.
There needs to be a Search feature for individual works. As it is, you must know the book a story or poem appeared in before you can find it. For example, if you do not know that "The Eye of Allah" is in "Debits and Credits," You're in for a bit of searching. This is probably why a previous reviewer claimed "The Man Who Would Be King" isn't present; he probably didn't know the parent work.
March 29, 2019
- La luce che si spense *
- Capitani coraggiosi *****
- Stalky & C. ****
- Kim: ***
- Capitani coraggiosi *****
- Stalky & C. ****
- Kim: ***
November 15, 2020
Kipling is G R E A T.
This volume.. could you have included an I N D E X ????????????????????????????????
This volume.. could you have included an I N D E X ????????????????????????????????
January 15, 2023
So cute. like reading a bedtime story as a kid.
June 4, 2023
I found myself reading once in a while different verses and rhymes
December 31, 2011
I had forgotten how AMAZING Kim was. I always liked it, but I probably read it a bit too young (8-9).
Wow, what an amazing EPIC romp through India. I loved the Jungle books from first introduction, and it was so much fun reading them to Michael not too long ago.
I had forgotten how funny Kipling could be. At times, his stories are so dense with late Victorian British politics and culture, that it takes a bit of slogging and some research to get through, but his voice is so strong. Worth the slog!
Wow, what an amazing EPIC romp through India. I loved the Jungle books from first introduction, and it was so much fun reading them to Michael not too long ago.
I had forgotten how funny Kipling could be. At times, his stories are so dense with late Victorian British politics and culture, that it takes a bit of slogging and some research to get through, but his voice is so strong. Worth the slog!
November 17, 2015
First of all, it changed my perception that jungle book is a story with funny & childish animal characters who play with mowgli. I found it bit more dark than I imagined. Its about survival and laws and internal conflicts and many more life-lessons. And stories of mowgli (which is part of my childhood as a famous cartoon series) is only a part of it. There are other stories too which i loved no less. I hope upcoming disney movie will do justice with the book in spite of additions for the sake of entertainment.
January 11, 2015
Despite the fact he was an unapologetic jingoist, Kipling was a very good writer who lived in very interesting times and places. His poetry is not as good as his prose. His short stories were grand and his children's stories are the most fun you can have reading to a small person. I read his stuff all on-line for free. Highly recommended.
September 26, 2016
0 lunch explaining the book which is a waste of time
The book was good reading but there was too many people s explaining what I had all ready read and I am not a student that needs this information.
The book was good reading but there was too many people s explaining what I had all ready read and I am not a student that needs this information.
April 17, 2017
Realizing his formative upbringing and his experiences with colonization, the themes in his works are understandable. That being said, it becomes a bit like a beating over the head. He's not my favorite ...
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January 30, 2018Kipling’s Kim is brilliant adventure story set against the backdrop of colonial India. The elusive and resourceful Hurree Babu is a highly entertaining, not to say layered individual. Kipling’s other stories include A Pale View of Hills and his writing on travels to United States of America.
November 18, 2018
One of the great writers of our time. I enjoyed this collection of Kiplings novels short stories, poems, memoirs and letters, diaries. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to read Kipling and find out more about him.
November 8, 2016
An exceptional writer and thinker.
September 29, 2015
Great Read!
October 17, 2017
The good stories are worth going through the average stories.
January 19, 2019
What a delight to be read to by Mr. Karloff. I've always wanted to revisit these tales and I'm glad I did it via audio.
September 17, 2020
No
I wasn't thrilled with this compilation of stories. I don't like poems and I don't like books that have stories that would only be of interest to children.
I wasn't thrilled with this compilation of stories. I don't like poems and I don't like books that have stories that would only be of interest to children.
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July 3, 2017So of this was a bit hard to wade through. I really didn't enjoy the Just So stories. Others were good, though.
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