Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in December 1865. He returned to India from England shortly before his seventeenth birthday, to work as a journalist first on the Civil and Military Gazette in Lahore, then on the Pioneer at Allahabad. The poems and stories he wrote over the next seven years laid the foundation of his literary reputation, and soon after his return to London in 1889 he found himself world-famous. Throughout his life his works enjoyed great acclaim and popularity, but he came to seem increasingly controversial because of his political opinions, and it has been difficult to reach literary judgements unclouded by partisan feeling.
Genres: Children's Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller
Series
Jungle Book
1. The Jungle Book (1894)
2. The Second Jungle Book (1895)
The Jungle Books (2017)
The Complete Jungle Book (2018)
1. The Jungle Book (1894)
2. The Second Jungle Book (1895)
The Jungle Books (2017)
The Complete Jungle Book (2018)
Novels
The Light That Failed (1891)
Naulahka (1892) (with Wolcott Balestier)
Captains Courageous (1897)
The Story of the Gadsbys (1899)
Under the Deodars (1899)
Kim (1901)
They (1905)
With the Night Mail (1909)
The Legs of Sister Ursula (1927)
Naulahka (1892) (with Wolcott Balestier)
Captains Courageous (1897)
The Story of the Gadsbys (1899)
Under the Deodars (1899)
Kim (1901)
They (1905)
With the Night Mail (1909)
The Legs of Sister Ursula (1927)
Omnibus
Best Loved Children's Classics - Box Set (2020) (with J M Barrie, L Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll and Jack London)
Collections
The Phantom 'Rickshaw (1888)
Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)
Life's Handicap (1891)
aka Mine Own People
Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads (1893)
Many Inventions (1893)
Soldiers Three (1899)
Just So Stories (1902) (with Nicole Petit)
The Five Nations (1903)
Traffics and Discoveries (1904)
Kipling's Poems (poems) (1907)
Soldiers Three and Military Tales (1907)
The Day's Work (1908)
Actions and Reactions (1909)
Sea Warfare (1916)
A Diversity of Creatures (1917)
The Eyes of Asia (1919)
Rudyard Kipling's Verse Inclusive Edition 1885-1918 (poems) (1923)
The Man Who Was (1924)
Debits and Credits (1926)
Limits and Renewals (1932)
All the Mowgli Stories (1933)
Phantoms and Fantasies (1965)
Complete Verse (1972)
Nursing Stories (1979) (with Monica Dickens, Richard Gordon, Ernest Hemingway, P D James, Edgar Allan Poe and Leo Tolstoy)
The Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling (1987)
Kipling's Science Fiction (1987)
Kipling's Fantasy Stories (1992)
The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling (1994)
Selected Stories Rudyard Kipling (1999)
The Mark of the Beast (2000)
The Elephant, the Hare and the Black Cobra (2003) (with Linda Newbery and Martin Waddell)
Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages (2005) (with Ella D'Arcy, George Gissing and Arthur Morrison)
Ten Stories (2017)
The Adventures of Mowgli Stories from the Jungle Book (2018)
Humorous Tales (2018)
The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure (2021) (with Richard Connell, O. Henry, John Kruse, Jack London and Clark Ashton Smith)
Plain Tales from the Hills (1888)
Life's Handicap (1891)
aka Mine Own People
Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads (1893)
Many Inventions (1893)
Soldiers Three (1899)
Just So Stories (1902) (with Nicole Petit)
The Five Nations (1903)
Traffics and Discoveries (1904)
Kipling's Poems (poems) (1907)
Soldiers Three and Military Tales (1907)
The Day's Work (1908)
Actions and Reactions (1909)
Sea Warfare (1916)
A Diversity of Creatures (1917)
The Eyes of Asia (1919)
Rudyard Kipling's Verse Inclusive Edition 1885-1918 (poems) (1923)
The Man Who Was (1924)
Debits and Credits (1926)
Limits and Renewals (1932)
All the Mowgli Stories (1933)
Phantoms and Fantasies (1965)
Complete Verse (1972)
Nursing Stories (1979) (with Monica Dickens, Richard Gordon, Ernest Hemingway, P D James, Edgar Allan Poe and Leo Tolstoy)
The Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling (1987)
Kipling's Science Fiction (1987)
Kipling's Fantasy Stories (1992)
The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling (1994)
Selected Stories Rudyard Kipling (1999)
The Mark of the Beast (2000)
The Elephant, the Hare and the Black Cobra (2003) (with Linda Newbery and Martin Waddell)
Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages (2005) (with Ella D'Arcy, George Gissing and Arthur Morrison)
Ten Stories (2017)
The Adventures of Mowgli Stories from the Jungle Book (2018)
Humorous Tales (2018)
The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure (2021) (with Richard Connell, O. Henry, John Kruse, Jack London and Clark Ashton Smith)
Novellas
Non fiction
Anthologies containing stories by Rudyard Kipling
17 x Infinity (1963)
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons (1967)
The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1968)
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968)
The 9th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1973)
Great British Short Stories (1974)
Kurt Singer's Gothic Horror Book (1974)
The Ghost's Companion (1975)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
Black Water (1983)
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984)
Tales of the Dark (1987)
The Book of Fantasy (1988)
Into the Mummy's Tomb (1989)
Tales of the Occult (1989)
Fantastic Tales (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
Tales of the Wandering Jew (1993)
The Ascent of Wonder (1994)
Doubles, Dummies and Dolls (1995)
Supernatural Stories (1995)
Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997)
The Science Fiction Century (1997)
Time Machines (1997)
The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
Nightshade (2000)
Rod Serling's Devils and Demons (1967)
The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1968)
One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968)
The 9th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1973)
Great British Short Stories (1974)
Kurt Singer's Gothic Horror Book (1974)
The Ghost's Companion (1975)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979)
Black Water (1983)
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984)
Tales of the Dark (1987)
The Book of Fantasy (1988)
Into the Mummy's Tomb (1989)
Tales of the Occult (1989)
Fantastic Tales (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
Tales of the Wandering Jew (1993)
The Ascent of Wonder (1994)
Doubles, Dummies and Dolls (1995)
Supernatural Stories (1995)
Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997)
The Science Fiction Century (1997)
Time Machines (1997)
The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998)
100 Hilarious Little Howlers (1999)
Nightshade (2000)
Short stories
At the End of the Passage | |||
The Maltese Cat | |||
Moti Guj - Muntineer | |||
Pig | |||
The Dream of Duncan Parrenness (1884) | |||
The Bisara of Pooree (1888) | |||
Bubbling Well Road (1888) | |||
The Phantom Rickshaw (1888) | |||
The Wandering Jew (1889) | |||
The Mark of the Beast [short story] (1890) | |||
Children of the Zodiac (1891) | |||
The Return of Imray (1891) | |||
The Bridge-Builders (1898) | |||
The Vampire (1899) | |||
The Beginning of the Armadilloes (1902) | |||
The Butterfly That Stamped (1902) | |||
The Crab That Played With the Sea (1902) | |||
The Elephant's Child (1902) | |||
How the Alphabet Was Made (1902) | |||
How the Camel Got His Hump (1902) | |||
How the First Letter Was Written (1902) | |||
How the Leopard Got His Spots (1902) | |||
How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin (1902) | |||
How the Whale Got His Throat (1902) | |||
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo (1902) | |||
Wireless (1902) | |||
"They" (1904) | |||
With the Night Mail [short story] (1905) | |||
As Easy as A.B.C. (1912) | |||
Mary Postgate (1915) | |||
The Wish House (1924) |
Awards
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Books about Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling (1960) by Rosemary Sutcliff
Rudyard Kipling to Rider Haggard (1965) by Morton Norton Cohen
Arthur Ransome, Rudyard Kipling and Walter De La Mare (1968) by Leonard Clark, Hugh Shelley and Rosemary Sutcliff
Rudyard Kipling (1970) by Angus Wilson
Rudyard Kipling and his World (1975) by Kingsley Amis
From Palm to Pine (1987) by Marghanita Laski
Kiplings English History (1987) by Marghanita Laski
Rudyard Kipling and Sir Henry Rider Haggard on Screen, Stage, Radio and Television (1999) by Philip Leibfried
Rudyard Kipling (2005) by Irvin S Cobb
Rudyard Kipling to Rider Haggard (1965) by Morton Norton Cohen
Arthur Ransome, Rudyard Kipling and Walter De La Mare (1968) by Leonard Clark, Hugh Shelley and Rosemary Sutcliff
Rudyard Kipling (1970) by Angus Wilson
Rudyard Kipling and his World (1975) by Kingsley Amis
From Palm to Pine (1987) by Marghanita Laski
Kiplings English History (1987) by Marghanita Laski
Rudyard Kipling and Sir Henry Rider Haggard on Screen, Stage, Radio and Television (1999) by Philip Leibfried
Rudyard Kipling (2005) by Irvin S Cobb
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