A legendary storyteller, Rudyard Kipling often drew on his experiences in the colonies of the British Empire when writing verse or short stories. The diversity of stories in this collection amply demonstrates his talent. Included here are, “As Easy as A.B.C., ” “The Village that Voted the Earth was Flat, ” and “My Son’s Wife.”
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Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), called the “prophet of British imperialism” by George Orwell, became a pastmaster of the short story, as well as a tireless poet. The first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1907), his fiction and poetry include such works as The Jungle Book, The Light That Failed, and “Gunga Din.”
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