Rudyard Kipling
Kipling was the great laureate of the British Empire, whose stories and tales captured the soldier's and administrator's experience of India with incomparable vividness. His prose style, combining colloquial energy with careful craft, influenced virtually every subsequent short story writer.
Works
- The Jungle BookAdventurous tales of jungle life and the child Mowgli
- KimNovel of espionage and adventure across colonial India
- Plain Tales from the HillsStories of Anglo-Indian life and varied characters in colonial India
- The Man Who Would Be KingAdventure tale of two men attempting to become kings in Afghanistan
- Puck of Pook's HillFantasy tales of magic and adventure through English countryside
- The Second Jungle BookContinuation of Jungle Book with more tales of forest life
- Just So StoriesWhimsical pourquoi tales explaining how animals came to be
- Captains CourageousAdventure of a young fisherman's rescue and maritime adventure