Kipling: A Brief Biography [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Alberto Manguel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 2005

A short biography intended to introduce readers to an extraordinary writer.

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From the Back Cover

Best known for his Jungle Books and his Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling was a complex and fascinating writer. Born in Bombay, sent to the England of his parents at the age of five, and left for years in the hands of a sadistic housekeeper, educated in an English school and later, as a cub reporter, in the vastness of India, Kipling is one of the most sympathetic and wisest observers of the lives of outsiders. This short biography intends to introduce new readers to this extraordinary writer. It is engaging, authoritative, and full of fascinating pictures of Kipling's time and his amazing world.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Bayeux Arts; 1 edition (March 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1896209483
• ISBN-13: 978-1896209487
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,451,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Internationally acclaimed as an anthologist, translator, essayist, novelist, and editor, Alberto Manguel is the bestselling author of several award-winning books, including A Dictionary of Imaginary Places and A History of Reading. He was born in Buenos Aires, moved to Canada in 1982 and now lives in France, where he was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre français des Arts et des Lettres.