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Title: The Portable Kipling by Rudyard Kipling, Irving Howe ISBN: 0-14-015097-8 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: March, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: An excellent introductory sample of Kipling's work.
Comment: The only difficulty with collections of Kipling is that he was so prolific that some pieces must be left out. Since this book's very goal was to be "portable", it suffers slightly from this. But the stories included are generally well-chosen. They span Kipling's entire literary career and range of subjects, from early stories of India to a 1930's science-fiction story. I particularly enjoyed the hilarious "Village that Voted the Earth was Flat", the interview with Mark Twain (a classic), and the devious "Dayspring Mishandled", which were new to me. I was also introduced to the author's series of stories of Privates Ortheris, Mulvaney, and Learoyd by this book. I had previously read "Stalky and Company", and this was like "Stalky and Co. Join the Army". However, several amusing favorites from other books were missing, such as "The Ship That Found Herself" and the story about the Army's animals talking to each other. If you haven't read much Kipling and would like to be introduced to this teller of tales, by all means get this book. If you have read Kipling, be sure to give the Table of Contents a scan for stories you might have missed.
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Title: Rudyard Kipling : Complete Verse by Rudyard Kipling ISBN: 038526089X Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 27 December, 1988 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Collected Stories by Rudyard Kipling ISBN: 0679435921 Publisher: Everyman's Library Pub. Date: 18 October, 1994 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Kim (Penguin Classics) by Rudyard Kipling, Edward W. Said ISBN: 0140183523 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: August, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.00 |
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Title: The Portable Conrad (Viking Portable Library (Paper)) by Joseph Conrad, Morton Dauwen Zabel, Ferris, Frederick Robert Karl ISBN: 0140150331 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: December, 1976 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling by David Gilmour ISBN: 0374187029 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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