Rudyard Kipling

Animal Stories

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Produktbeschreibung

Animal Stories - by Rudyard Kipling features some of the best-loved animal tales of all time. 'The Camel's Hump', 'The Cat That Walked By Himself' and 'The White Seal' are just some of the enchanting tales collected together in Animal Stories, which includes that most remarkable and endearing creation 'Rikki-tikki-tavi'. Originally intended for children, these imaginative and inspired writings are just as suitable for adults and will delight readers of all ages. These wonderful classic tales are accompanied by the fantastic illustrations of by Stuart Tresilian. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) was a seminal English writer of short stories, novelist, and poet. After the success of The Jungle Book, he became an immensely popular writer and poet for children and adults. His subsequent publications included Stalky and Co. (1899), Kim (1901), Just so Stories (1902), Puck of Pook's Hill (1906), and The Brushwood Boy (1907). Despite having turned down many honours in his lifetime, including a knighthood and the poet laureateship, in 1907, he accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature - the first English author to be so honoured. He is most famous for his poems concerning British soldiers in India and his wonderful children's stories. Pook Press celebrates the great 'Golden Age of Illustration' in children's classics and fairy tales - a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration. We publish rare and vintage Golden Age illustrated books, in high-quality colour editions, so that the masterful artwork and story-telling can continue to delight both young and old.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pook Press
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9781444657593
• ISBN-10: 1444657593
• Artikelnr.: 31074888

Autorenporträt

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) was an English 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 42, 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.