Description
| Product ID: | 9781853261794 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Wordsworth Classics |
| Title: | The Best Short Stories |
| Authors: | Author: Rudyard Kipling, Dr Keith Carabine |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Classic fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Short stories, Short stories |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling's early writings With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. The diverse tales selected for this volume display the astonishing virtuosity of Rudyard Kipling''s early writings. A Nobel prize-winner, Kipling was phenomenally productive and imaginative, displaying a literary mastery of idioms, technology and technical terms, exotic locations, and social range. He gained immense popularity, becoming (as these stories indicate) the knowledgeable spokesman for a wide public. Later, although Kipling''s right-wing views increasingly incurred hostility, his creativity remained formidable. In this rich collection, we encounter bold realism, poignant nostalgia, dark comedy, the vividly horrific, the exuberantly fanciful and the disturbingly uncanny. |
| Imprint Name: | Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1997-05-05 |
