The Best Short Stories (Paperback, Reissue)

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.

General

Imprint:	Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Wordsworth Classics
Release date:	May 1997
First published:	May 1997
Authors:	Rudyard Kipling
Introduction by:	Cedric Watts (Emeritus Professor of English)
Series editors:	Keith Carabine
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	210
Edition:	Reissue
ISBN-13:	978-1-85326-179-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	1-85326-179-3
Barcode:	9781853261794

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